Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - Roberto Devereux (2000)
Cover Front Album
Composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Conductor Charles Mackerras
Orchestra / Ensemble I Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Length 135:23
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Opera
Chorus I Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Chorus Master John McCarthy
Index 182
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Sills; Ilosfalvy; Glossop; Wolff; MacDonald; Garrard; Howell; Van Allen
Credits
Producer Michael Williamson
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Track List
65:46
01 Overture 06:52
02 Act I: "Geme! ...pallor funereo" 03:33
03 Act I: "All'afflito e dolce il pianto" 03:21
04 Act I: "Duchessa... Alle fervide preci" 03:33
05 Act I: "L'amor suo mi fe beata" 03:55
06 Act I: "Nunzio son del Parlamento" 05:50
07 Act I: "Donna reale, a' piedi tuoi" 05:16
08 Act I: "Un tenero core" 06:59
09 Act I: "Roberto... Che? ...fra le tue braccia!" 03:08
10 Act I: "Forse in quel cor sensibile" 02:36
11 Act I: "Duce, vieni..." 01:18
12 Act I: "Qui ribelle ognum ti chiama" 04:28
13 Act I: "Tutto e silenzio" 05:47
14 Act I: "Dacche tornasti, ahi misera!" 09:10
69:37
01 Act II: "L'ore trascorrono" 04:47
02 Act II: "Ebben?" 01:51
03 Act II: "Segui!..." 01:29
04 Act II: "Non venni mai si mesto" 06:13
05 Act II: "Ecco l'indegno" 06:27
06 Act II: "Scellerato! ...Malvagio! ..." 03:50
07 Act II: "Va, la morte sul capo ti pende" 03:09
08 Act III: "Ne riede ancora il mio consorte!" 04:06
09 Act III: "Non sai che un nume vindice" 07:53
10 Act III: "Ed ancor la tremenda porta" 03:58
11 Act III: "A te diro' negli ultimi singhiozzi" 04:35
12 Act III: "Bagnato il sen di lagrime" 03:56
13 Act III: "E sara in questi orribili momenti" 04:03
14 Act III: "Vivi, ingrato, a lei d'accanto" 04:20
15 Act III: "Che m'apporti" 03:28
16 Act III: "Quel sangue versato al ciel" 05:32
Personal
Purchase Date 10/26/2001
Value $25.00
Store BMG
Condition 100%
Librettist Salvatore Cammarano
Nationality Italian
Premiere Teatro San Carlo, Naples, October 29, 1837
"Form" Opera in three acts
Language Italian
Period Romantic
Details
Studio Abbey Road, London
Catalog Number 465 964-2
Live No
Recording Date 6/1/1969
Spars ADD
Reissue Yes
Sound Stereo
Notes
Elizabeth, Queen of England: Beverly Sills
Earl of Essex: Robert Ilosfalvy
Duke of Nottingham: Peter Glossop
Duchess of Nottingham: Beverly Wolff
Lord Cecil: Kenneth MacDonald
Sir Walter Raleigh: Don Garrard
A page: Gwynne Howell
A servant of Nottingham: Richard Van Allen

Notes, biographies, text and translation

Libretto based on Francois Ancelot

Originally released on Westminster