Gaetano Donizetti / Roberto Devereux 

Warum eben auf Deutsch ? Die meisten Leute(n?) der Welt verstehen nicht Deutsch. Ich zB kenne vielleicht 809 Deutsche Wörter. 19 800 Englisch...und 203 111 Finnisch 🤩. Lass uns die Musik geniessen !

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Agreed 100%. I actually had a problem with this conception of one of the greatest bel canto operas. First, although Mirella sang well, her voice doesn't have the heft required to properly convey the many emotions of Queen Elizabeth, and she has certainly lost her sovracuti (except for the final one, a bit screamed). The mouse being fed to the spider was ludicrous. And as well as the tenor sang (I believe he was Gregory Kunde), he looked more like an American auto worker than the gorgeous Earl of Essex. And the conducting lacked the momentum, as noted above.

Bel canto operas do not need “heft” nor do they need loony, self-indulgent, talent-free stage directors to try to make psycho dramas out of them. They require a reflexive voice with balanced registration capable of singing across a wide range with steady pitch-centered tone, dynamic contrasts, and various colors, all of which the 67 year old (!!!!) Devia supplies in abundance here. Elektra, Isolde, Leonora, and Turandot require heft. Sadly this great opera may soon be forgotten because sopranos with “heft” and none of those other bel canto requirements are killing it. I guess you’d say Beverly Sills lacked heft yet she sold out every one of the many stupendously successful performances she sang of Elisabetta.

El maestro Campanella es una director especialista en la era del bel canto y su perspectiva interpretativa del ciclo tudor permite escuchar cada recitativo y cada aria plenamente, es una lectura única, el tempo y el volumen de la orquesta es perfecto.