#anna bolena

[operaqueen]

Maria Callas

[bforbetterthanyou]

Maria Callas as Anne Boleyn in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, 1957

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[callassiani24]

MARÍA CALLAS, CESARE SIEPI e Gianni Raimondi ne DONIZETTI's Anna Bolena, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, 1957, 1958. Archivio Classical Revival ALT. Colore per Luz Butron Soprano, LBS 23 ALT

[garland-on-thy-brow]

One of the funniest moments of Anna Bolena is Henry VIII complaining that women love him only for the throne. Yes Henry; this is because your personality sucks.

[4operalove]

RENATA SCOTTO

as Vitellia in MOZART's *La Clemenza di Tito*, 1984 (ph 1&2)

IDEM

as Violetta Valery in VERDI's *La Traviata* (ph 3)

as Amina in BELLINI's *La Sonnambula* (ph 4)

as La Gioconda (PONCHIELLI) (ph 5)

as Lady Macbeth in VERDI's *Macbeth*

as Elisabetta di Valois in VERDI's *Don Carlo*

as Lucía in DONIZETTI's *Lucía di Lammermoor* Copyright ©️ Tamino Autographs

as Anna Bolena in DONIZETTI's opera of the same name.

in *Iván Susanin*

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Maria Callas in Anna Bolena

[opera-ghosts]

OTD in Music History: Gaetano Donizetti’s (1797 – 1848) dramatic opera “Anna Bolena” premieres at the Teatro Carcano in Milan in 1830. “Anna Bolena” was Donizetti’s first international smash success, and it continued to enjoy regular revivals throughout the 19th Century before falling into obscurity in the early 20th Century (it has become increasingly common to see it presented on the stage once again in recent decades). Donizetti proved to be an incredibly prolific composer – he ultimately penned more than 60 operas before tragically dying of syphilis at the age of just 50 – and although much of this work was churned out rather hastily and now languishes on the pages of dusty old scores, he nevertheless still secured for himself a place in the history books as one of the greatest exponents of the “bel canto” style of Italian opera (alongside Giachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini). Several of Donizetti’s mature works still continue to hold the modern opera stage. PICTURED: A short untranslated autograph note written by Donizetti and addressed to a “Monsieur Duclot” at the “Theater Italien” (a Parisian opera house that specialized in presenting Italian operatic fare).

[nerosunero]

16 March 2024, Berlin

Federica Lombardi (my niece) as Anna Bolena at the Deutsche Oper Berlin Photo nerosunero

[granhairdo]

yeah sure six the musical is good but... anna bolena

[bforbetterthanyou]

Sara Scuderi (left) as Anne Boleyn in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, along with Plinio Clabassi as Henry VIII and Fiorenza Cossotto as Jane Seymour (1947)

[doyouknowthisopera]

[callassiani24]

MARÍA CALLAS as Anna Bolena & Lucía di Lammermoor.

Color by Luz Butron Soprano ALT.

[garland-on-thy-brow]

Went on Youtube looking for Vivi tu te ne scongiuro etc. It is like Don Carlo cage in here. At least two productions cut the scene entirely as far as I could tell; several others are just not gay enough; shockingly, none look like the beautiful production in my head. Not to mention the jumpscare n*tr*bk* in search results.

[laurapetrie]

Queen Victoria's sketches of Anne Boleyn after seeing Giulia Grisi in Donizetti's Anna Bolena, 1830s.