The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena (2011)

The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena (2011)

2011-10-15 United States of America 190 Min. PG-13
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Overview

David McVicar's atmospheric and brooding production captures the drama of this riveting piece of British history, retold as only Donizetti could. International superstar Anna Netrebko is Queen Anne Boleyn, trapped in an unhappy marriage to King Henry VIII (Ildar Abdrazakov) whose roving eye has settled on another woman—Jane Seymour (Ekaterina Gubanova), Anna's friend, but now her unwitting rival. Add in Anna's early love, Percy (Stephen Costello), just returned to the court from exile, and the result is a haunting, explosive account of Queen Anna's tragic final days, before she goes to her execution in one of the most moving and dazzling final scenes in all of opera.

Cast

Anna Netrebko is Anna Bolena
Anna Bolena
Ekaterina Gubanova is Giovanna Seymour
Giovanna Seymour
Ildar Abdrazakov is Enrico VIII
Enrico VIII
Stephen Costello is Lord Riccardo Percy
Lord Riccardo Percy
Keith Miller is Lord Rochefort
Lord Rochefort
Eduardo Valdes is Sir Hervey
Sir Hervey