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Opera

Bastarda
For better, for worse...

Presentation
Opera
The hardest thing to govern is the heart.— Elizabeth I Tudor

Elizabeth is two years old when her father, Henry VIII, orders the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn. The heir to the throne becomes a bastard and will remain so in the eyes of her opponents, even when the weight of the English crown rests on her shoulders. Consequently, retaining power requires sacrifice: personal happiness must give way to political interest and intimate feelings to state affairs. Especially when her great rival Mary Stuart appears on the scene, bringing about a clash of queens.

In this first part of Bastarda, La Monnaie revives the childhood and early reign of Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) in all its glory. Prepare for the musical highlights of Gaetano Donizetti's Tudor tetralogy, breathtaking costumes and historically informed props, dance and video, grand entrances and tragic exits. A unique total spectacle, which our workshops have been working on for years.

SEE BASTARDA - PART II
Dates & tickets

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Location

La Monnaie

Prices

Dynamic ticket prices
Starting from € 12 to € 165
-30 years old: € 10 / € 50

Buy your tickets for both Bastarda I and Bastarda II in one and the same order and get a 20% discount.

Language

Sung in Italian
Surtitles in French and in Dutch

Presentation

Introductory talks 45' before the start of the performance (NL/FR)

Running time

±3h15
1h55' + intermission 25' + 55'

Streaming

Broadcast on Musiq3 and Klara
10.5.2022
Brodcast on Arte
28.05

Based on the four Tudor operas of Gaetano Donizetti
Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth (1829)
Anna Bolena (1830)
Maria Stuarda (1834)
Roberto Devereux (1837)

Gallery

Gallery

© Bernd Uhlig
© Bernd Uhlig
© Bernd Uhlig
© Simon Van Rompay
© Simon Van Rompay
© Simon Van Rompay
© Simon Van Rompay
© Simon Van Rompay
Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

Conductor & Musical arrangementsFRANCESCO LANZILLOTTA Artistic concept, Script & DirectionOLIVIER FREDJ Adaptation & DialogueYANN APPERRY & OLIVIER FREDJ

Set design & LightingURS SCHÖNEBAUM CostumesPETRA REINHARDT VideoSARAH DERENDINGER ChoreographyAVSHALOM POLLAK Artistic collaborationCECILIA LIGORIO DramaturgyMARIE MERGEAY Chorus masterGIULIO MAGNANINI

ElisabettaMYRTÒ PAPATANASIU
FRANCESCA SASSU (21.3, 1.4) Anna BolenaSALOME JICIA LeicesterENEA SCALA EnricoLUCA TITTOTO Giovanna Seymour & SaraRAFFAELLA LUPINACCI Amy RobsartVALENTINA MASTRANGELO Maria StuardaLENNEKE RUITEN Roberto DevereuxSERGEY ROMANOVSKY NottinghamBRUNO TADDIA
SmetonDAVID HANSEN CecilGAVAN RING Elisabetta childNEHIR HASRET (21, 23.03 & 1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 13.04),
HADLEY DEAN RANDERSON (25, 28, 30.03 & 8, 15, 16.04)

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
La Monnaie Choral Academy, led by Benoît Giaux

ProductionLA MONNAIE With support fromNATIONAL LOTTERY

 

In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter

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