The Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena
15/10/2011
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.
Movie Information
Anna Netrebko
as Anna Bolena
Ekaterina Gubanova
as Giovanna Seymour
Ildar Abdrazakov
as Enrico VIII
Stephen Costello
as Lord Riccardo Percy
Tamara Mumford
as Smeton
Keith Miller
as Lord Rochefort
Eduardo Valdes
as Sir Hervey
