To close our Tudor trilogy, what better than a third lyrical tragedy in which we find Elizabeth I of England, this time in the twilight of her life. Composé et terminé de force en 1837, après que Gaetano Donizetti eut perdu et son père et sa mère, son deuxième enfant et puis sa femme après la mort du troisième enfant à qui elle venait de donner naissance, l’opéra remporte un franc succès à Naples et puis est joué un peu partout en Italie et en Europe jusque dans les années 1880 avant de disparaître du répertoire des maisons lyriques.

Composed and finished by force in 1837, after Gaetano Donizetti lost both his father and mother, his second child and then his wife after the death of the third child she had just given birth to, the opera was a great success in Naples and was performed throughout Italy and Europe until the 1880s before disappearing from the repertoire of opera houses.

The passionate conductor Stefano Montanari will be back with the cast that has been with us for three years now: Elsa Dreisig as the old Queen, Stéphanie d’Oustrac as her rival, Sara Nottingham, and tenor Edgardo Rocha as the eternal favourite. They will be joined by the impressive baritone Nicola Alaimo as the powerful Lord Nottingham.