Women in Power and in Love: 19th-Century Portraits of British Queens in Gaetano Donizetti’s Operas
Women in Power and in Love: 19th-Century Portraits of British Queens in Gaetano Donizetti’s Operas

Author(s): Aleksandra Ożarowska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, 19th Century, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Donizetti; opera; Anne Boleyn; Mary Stuart; Elizabeth I
Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the sources for 19th-century musical stage portrayals of the characters and behaviour of three 16th-century British Queens, Anne Boleyn, Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I. The author concentrates on Gaetano Donizetti’s operas, including detailed interrogation of the lyrics of Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux.

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