Elizabeth I, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire

Elizabeth I, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire

by | Mar 3, 2019 | Music

Grace notes by Robert Thicknesse As with nearly all innovations in 19th-century opera, it was Gioachino Rossini who discovered the obvious truth that Queen Elizabeth I was a born coloratura; handy for Gaetano Donizetti, who later put the queen at the heart of two...