Roberto Devereux - San Francisco Opera

Overview

Denounced as a traitor, the dashing earl Roberto Devereux has been summoned to the court of Elizabeth I to answer for his crimes. His very life is at stake. And the only way for him to escape the executioner’s axe is to appeal to the queen’s love. But will his own heart betray him? An earl’s secret romance becomes his undoing in Gaetano Donizetti’s royal drama.

Cast

Sondra Radvanovsky

Elisabetta

Russell Thomas

Roberto Devereux

Christian Pursell

Sir Walter Raleigh

Jamie Barton

Sara

Ben Brady

A page

Andrew Manea

Duke of Nottingham

Igor Vieira

Nottingham servant

Scott Quinn

Lord Quinn