Roberto Devereux
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Roberto Devereux is an 1837 tragedia lirica in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The opera is loosely based on the life of the English military commander Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, an influent
Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis, the first singer of the part of Elisabetta, painting by Karl Briullov
Paul Barroilhet: The Duke of Nottingham
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex was an English nobleman and army officer who was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.
Roberto Devereux
…is an 1837 tragedia lirica (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The opera is loosely based on the life of the English military commander Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, an influential member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto based on François Ancelot's French…
Portrait after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, c. 1596
Essex's godfather and stepfather, the 1st Earl of Leicester, backed him at court.
Essex was a royal favourite of Elizabeth I, Queen of England.
Melancholy youth representing the Earl of Essex, c.1588, miniature by Nicholas Hilliard