Donizetti Roberto Devereux
Gent, Belgium, October 24, 2004
Pictures, courtesy of Florin Ionescu, from the performance at the de Stedelijke Concertzaal Bijloke, Gent of a concert performance of Donizetti's Roberto Devereux on October 24, 2004. The Festival Orkest en Belcantokoor L. Soudan was under the conductor Geert Soenen.
The performance was an outstanding success with a definitive portrait of Elisabetta from Cristina Mantese.
The interior of the Concertzaal
Cristina Mantese as Elisabetta
Cristina Mantese as Elisabetta in a 1997 performance at the Teatro Regio, Torino
(courtesy of the Teatro Reggio Torino)
Geert Soenen (conductor), Javier Franco (Nottingham), Ambra Vespasiani (Sarah), Javier Palacios (Roberto), Cristina Mantese (Elisabetta), Patrick Delour (Raleigh), Mario Sandrie (Cecil)