Anna Bolena

from Gaetano Donizetti


Anne Boleyn
Tragedia lirica in two acts

Libretto

Felice Romani
after the play Henry VIII by Marie-Joseph de Chenier (1791)
and the play Anna Bolena by Alessandro Pepoli (1788)

Premiere

26 December 1830 - Milan (Teatro Carcano)

Cast

ANNA BOLENA (soprano)
GIOVANNA SEYMOUR (mezzo soprano)
SMETON (mezzo soprano)
PERCY (tenor)
ENRICO VIII (bass)
ROCHEFORT (bass)
HERVEY (tenor)

CHORUS of courtiers

Place

Windsor and London

Time

1536

Composer

Donizetti, Gaetano