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Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beverly Sills—and not attempted on a New York stage since. In this climactic opera of the trilogy, she plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves, Roberto Devereux.

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Sir David McVicar

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• Tenor Matthew Polenzani is Devereux, and mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien complete the principal quartet in the bel canto masterpiece, directed by Sir David McVicar and conducted by Donizetti specialist Maurizio Benini.
• The broadcast of Donizetti's Roberto Devereux will be presented live on Saturday, April 16 at 12:55 p.m. ET / 9:55 a.m. PT, followed by an Encore presentation in select cinemas on Wednesday, April 20 at 6:30 p.m. in all time zones.

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