Stage director Jetske Mijnssen about Donizetti's Roberto Devereux | Dutch National Opera
The loneliness of the throne In Roberto Devereux (1837), Donizetti shows Elizabeth I as an older woman, two years before her death. The tough world of politics at her court and in her empire has turned her into a stern, bitter and lonely woman. She has rarely been fortunate enough to experience happiness in love. […]