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?
00:18:06 And the crown set upon your head all forgotten
00:27:41 - She is resting. - I can’t rest.
00:34:12 Anne too offered me her love
00:41:56 My dear Percy, you, in England?
00:47:41 for I would die of happiness.
00:52:52 Oh, dear God!
01:05:09 that every tear that fell awoke a sigh in you.
01:11:46 just as the shipwrecked pilot forgets the waves when he reaches the shore.
01:18:27 But let me stay
01:22:48 Naked, unarmed, I offer you my breast.
01:29:40 My fate is sealed; any attempt to escape is vain.
01:39:48 The bitter commission pains me which the Lords have assigned me.
01:46:28 You, my Seymour!
01:50:21 Get away from me! What do I hear?
02:00:40 What is happening?
02:05:40 that she burned with indignation at my presumption.
02:10:04 I open my arms to you, and life and honour I will restore to you.
02:17:56 I am your lover
02:24:51 Merciful kings are an image of heaven here below.
02:33:50 Decide.
02:46:40 I must hide from him.
02:56:42 Get up.
03:05:21 One victim is already sacrificed.