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Dimitra Theodossiou, Andrew Schroeder, Federica Bragaglia, Massimiliano Pisapia, Luigi Albani, Giorgio Valerio & Tommaso Norelli Orchestra and Chorus of the Bergamo Musica Festival, Marcello Rota One of Donizetti’s most emotionally raw operas, Roberto Devereux ossia Il conte di Essex was also the third to be loosely based on episodes in the life of Queen Elizabeth I. It deals with the love of Elizabeth and her favourite, the Earl of Essex, perhaps most tellingly expressed in the Act I duet, ‘Nascondi, frena i palpiti, o misero mio core’ /’ Hide, hold back your palpitation, oh my wretched heart!’ Elizabeth’s subsequent abdication is, however, a matter of dramatic licence, yet provides a memorable operatic conclusion to this tragedy of love and jealousy as she despairs at the death of her lover – ‘Quel sangue versato al ciel s’innalza’ (‘The blood that is spilt rises up to Heaven’). This inaugural production of the Bergamo Music Festival 2006 features the Greek soprano and leading Donizetti specialist, Dimitra Theodossiou, and the young American baritone Andrew Schroeder, both in superb voice. “Making much of Anna’s gentleness‚ [Theodossiou] sings with considerable beauty in the quieter lyrical passages… touching in the purity of line and tone‚ as in the spirit they embody. Her parting denunciation…..is strong in attack. She gives herself very fully to the part.” Gramophone Magazine (on Dimitra Theodossiou’s performance in another Donizetti disc) | 
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