Donizetti: Roberto Devereux
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Plot Summary
One of Donizetti's most emotionally raw operas, Roberto Devereux deals with the love of Elizabeth I and her favorite, the Earl of Essex, perhaps most tellingly expressed in the Act I duet. Elizabeth's subsequent abdication is a matter of dramatic license, and provides a memorable operatic conclusion to this tragedy of love and jealousy as she despairs at the death of her lover.