Bastarda

... In which time is inevitably taking its toll, and Elizabeth, now that Leicester is dead, finds a new favourite: the young but disloyal Robert Devereux. He is 25, the Queen is 60. Elizabeth is unaware of his secret relationship with Sara, who is also expecting his child. During a military expedition in Ireland, Devereux commits political treason. Will the Queen be able to forgive him for his double betrayal?

In a bid to avoid being confronted with her age, the Virgin Queen tries to control every aspect of her image and orders all the mirrors to be removed from her palace. But this doesn’t make her decline any less inevitable...

Cast

Conductor & Musical arrangements FRANCESCO LANZILLOTTA
Artistic concept, Script & Direction OLIVIER FREDJ
Adaptation & Dialogue YANN APPERRY & OLIVIER FREDJ

Set design & Lighting URS SCHÖNEBAUM
Costumes PETRA REINHARDT
Video SARAH DERENDINGER
Choreography AVSHALOM POLLAK
Artistic collaboration CECILIA LIGORIO
Dramaturgy MARIE MERGEAY
Chorus master GIULIO MAGNANINI

Elisabetta MYRTÒ PAPATANASIU
Anna Bolena SALOME JICIA
Leicester ENEA SCALA
Enrico LUCA TITTOTO
Giovanna Seymour & Sara RAFFAELLA LUPINACCI
Amy Robsart VALENTINA MASTRANGELO
Maria Stuarda LENNEKE RUITEN
Roberto Devereux SERGEY ROMANOVSKY
Nottingham BRUNO TADDIA
Smeton DAVID HANSEN
Cecil GAVAN RING
Elisabetta child NEHIR HASRET

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
La Monnaie Choral Academy, led by Benoît Giaux

Production LA MONNAIE
With support from NATIONAL LOTTERY

Audiovisual production LA MONNAIE
Coproduction ARTE Concert
Director MYRIAM HOYER

In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter