The idea of the show Bastarda is to tell the story of Queen Elisabeth I from childhood through abdication by mixing 4 of Donizetti’s operas over two evenings. In order of composition they are Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth (1829), Anna Bolena (1830), Maria Stuarda (1834) and Roberto Devereux (1837). When the curtain rises, 2 narrators recite the historic context while a […]
