Donizetti: Anna Bolena
2011 · 194 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 49 VOTES · DIR. Brian Large
Overview
Gaetano Donizetti and his librettist Felice Romani kept the focus of their opera ANNA BOLENA on the personal rather than the political in this fictionalized Tudor tale: Henry VIII of England wants to get rid of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, so that he can marry her lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour. He brings Lord Richard Percy, Anne's first love, back from exile so that he can find an excuse to accuse her of adultery. With the unwitting aid of Smeaton, a court musician, and Lord Rochefort, Anne's brother, the trap is easily sprung. This 2011 live recording from the Wiener Staatsoper showcases Anna Netrebko as she ""scored a personal triumph"" in her debut as the hapless Tudor Queen, while her stage partners - notably Elīna Garanča as Jane Seymour and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Henry VIII - were likewise showered with critical acclaim.
Dialogue Timeline — 876 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:09:36 Is the King not here yet?
00:17:54 sighing over her first love.
00:27:36 Yes, I am.
00:33:35 Sire!
00:38:55 Do not let a royal husband cost me still greater remorse, for pity's sake!
00:46:30 Calm yourself, Richard!
00:52:21 because you seemed so to her.
01:03:08 This dear picture of her which I stole
01:10:39 I have more than paid for it.
01:17:07 Buried!
01:21:48 What mystery, what misconduct was afoot in here just now?
01:28:25 - Yes. - O Sire... - Stand aside!
01:37:25 Take heart, your Majesty.
01:45:16 The plots devised against you are such that you are lost
01:48:51 Between her and her guilty husband let my menacing spectre rise.
01:55:45 A just God awaits me there, who will not pardon me.
02:04:00 I throw myself at your feet.
02:08:24 Justice!
02:16:00 Percy's wife!
02:20:19 for the tears it costs me
02:29:04 Ah, if I could hope you might be spared
02:40:17 her face at one moment sad and pale
02:50:37 give me back just one day of our love.
02:59:17 Merciful heaven, prolong her final delirium.