September 21, 2019 7:30PM
NEC’s Jordan Hall
HENRY VIII
By Camille Saint-Saëns
Libretto by Léonce Détroyat and Armand Silvestre
Concert, Sung in French with English supertitles
A dangerous monarch is determined to divorce Catherine of Aragon in favor of the beautiful, ambitious Anne Boleyn. This is one of history’s most infamous love triangles and the beginning of the “King’s Troubles”. Saint-Saens’s score brilliantly invokes an early Renaissance sensibility while remaining firmly rooted in the French grand opera tradition. Sweeping vocal melodies and rich orchestral writing bring this compelling tragedy to life.
“… proof (as though one needed one) of the vital presence of Odyssey Opera in our musical community.”
–South Shore Critic
Cast and Creative
Michael Chioldi
HENRY VIII
Ellie Dehn
CATHERINE D’ARAGON
Hilary Ginther
ANNE BOLEYN
Yeghishe Manucharyan
DON GOMEZ DE FERIA
David Kravitz
LE DUC DE NORFOLK
Kevin Deas
CARDINAL CAMPEGGIO
Matthew DiBattista
LE COMTE DE SURREY
David Cushing
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
Erin Merceruio Nelson
LADY CLARENCE
Jeremy Ayres Fisher
THE GARTER KING OF ARMS
