September 30, 2002: Roberto Devereux in Vienna

2002-09-30 Roberto Devereux (Donizetti), Wiener Staatsoper

Elisabetta = Edita Gruberova
Nottingham = Renato Bruson
Sara = Enkelejda Shkosa
Roberto Devereux = Josep Bros
Lord Cecil = Cosmin Ifrim
Sir Gualtiero Raleigh = In-Sung Sim

Frédéric Chaslin, conductor



Where you there?
You should have been there...

Lucky me to be in Vienna and have a ticket to this performance, a perfect seat, and as it progressed it was the perfect opera evening.

Loved it from the beginning when then conductor (Frederic Chaslin) came and a wonderful ouverture was played. First the chorus and then Sara (Enkelejda Shkosa) sang her aria. How wonderful it was, difficult to top that, one could think, but when the Queen came, Elisabeth I (Edita Gruberova), one knew, it was going to be splendid. "Die Gruberova" sang with heart, head, soul and making this belcanto opera so real, everything she put in her voice was be more a real person. My hands and shoulders started to ache after the first burst of applauds. Divine, this Queen of Opera!

José Bros, the Catalan tenor (Josep Bros), had a real beautiful voice and appearance, and he did well in the different duets. As he played Roberto Devereux, the title role, he was really a man that one could understand all the fuss the women was making about him. The Duke of Nottingham (Renato Bruson) was naturally a great man for this role. This cast was really perfect.

In the end, it was so much applause, and naturally, Brava!, we were all going "slightly mad" over Gruberova et al.

Wiener Staatsoper
montag, 30. september 2002
21. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung

Roberto Devereux
Tragedia lirica in drei Akten von Salvatore Cammarano
Musik von Gaetano Donizetti

DirigentFrédéric Chaslin
Inszenierung Silviu Purcarete
Bühnenbild und
Kostüme Helmut Stürmer
Choreinstudierung Ernst Dunshirn
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Ein Vertrauter Nottinghams Hiro Ijichi
Ein Page Hacik Bayvertian
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Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Bühnenorchester der Wiener Staatsoper

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May 12, 2001: Roberto Devereux in Vienna

2001-05-12 Roberto Devereux (G. Donizetti), Wiener Staatsoper

Elisabetta = Edita Gruberova
Nottingham = Carlos Alvarez
Sara = Enkelejda Shkosa
Roberto Devereux = Ramon Vargas
Lord Cecil = Cosmin Ifrim
Sir Gualtiero Raleigh = Marcus Pelz

Marcello Viotti, conductor

Wiener Staatsoper
samstag,12. mai 2001
10. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung
Zum letzten Mal in dieser Saison

Roberto Devereux
Tragedia lirica in drei Akten
von Salvadore Cammarano
Musik von Gaetano Donizetti

Musikalische LeitungMarcello Viotti
Inszenierung Silviu Purcarete
Bühnenbild und
Kostüme Helmut Stürmer
Choreinstudierung Ernst Dunshirn
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Ein Vertrauter Nottinghams Mario Steller
Ein Page Hacik Bayvertian
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Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Bühnenorchester der Wiener Staatsoper

12.5.01
The day starts with a delay in Oslo caused by sick person. A full hour go by after the time the plane was scheduled to go. This was not the worst part. The worst part was that many of us that was going to other planes in Zurich, had to be rescheduled there. Usually one would ask the other transit-planes to wait, but Swissair did not do that. For me it meant, that my plane was leaving as I came into the airport by airport-bus. I had all my luggage with me into the plane just to not miss any luggage nor plane.

New plane from Zurich is 1805. After one hour at the transit-checkin, I have my new boarding pass. During this time I was thinking about Roberto Devereux in Vienna in the evening (did I have any chance to get there in time?), or take the train to Friedrichshafen (only 2,5 hours from Zurich, call my hotel, skip Devereux, call the State Opera). It would have been more relaxing maybe in the end less expensive. But when my boarding pass was handed to me, I sort of thought, "Ok then" .

Bus to Westbahnhof at 1925 directly from the plane. U3 to Stephansplatz, found my hotel 20.30, 2055 I got my ticket to Roberto Devereux. This was just after act 1, it was intermission, and act 2 started 21.10.

19.30 (missed act 1)
Wiener Staatsoper
Roberto Devereux
Gaetano Donizetti



What can one say after an opera, when one seen half of it. This Sara was a wonderful, powerful voice. All praise to her!!! Gruberova as the old queen Elizabeth I, the end of Roberto Devereux was spectacular. Ramon Vargas seemed having slight of cold.
Bravo! Carlos Alvarez, great singer, really powerful. And the winner is Enkelejda Shkosa !!!

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