Film
Donizetti: Il castello di Kenilworth
2019 · 2h 19m · Drama
Opera
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Overview
Recorded during the 2018 Donizetti Festival, Il castello di Kenilworth was first staged at Naples’s San Carlo in 1829. Based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott and adapted by librettist Leone Tottola, this rare opera has long been unjustly neglected. The recording features the original version of the score, with the role of Warney entrusted to a tenor (the composer changed the voice to baritone in his 1836 revision). Il castello di Kenilworth was followed by several other successful works that Donizetti similarly based on British history (Maria Stuarda, Anna Bolena, Rosmonda d’Inghilterra, Emilia di Liverpool, Lucia di Lammermoor); it presents the character of Queen Elizabeth I, torn by the inner struggle between a monarch’s duty and a woman’s feelings. The fundamental pivot of the drama is the antagonism between the two female characters who both dwell and suffer in loneliness in a male-dominated world.
Cast
Jessica Pratt
Elisabetta
Carmela Remigio
Amelia
Xabier Anduaga
Leicester
Stefan Pop
Warney
Dario Russo
Lambourne
Federica Vitali
Fanny
Details
- Release date
- June 14, 2019
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Genres
- Drama
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