by Mark Deming
synopsis
Joan Sutherland and James Morris join the performers of the Canadian Opera Company for this production of Gaetano Donizetti's opera about the life and death of the most famous of King Henry VIII's many wives. Produced for television broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Anna Bolena features the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and Chorus, under the baton of Richard Bonynge.
characteristics
- King
- Jealousy
- Intrigue
- Infidelity
- Marriage
- Political-corruption
- Torture
- Royalty
- Queen [royalty]
- Pope
- False-accusation
- Extramarital-affair
- Confession [criminal]
- Boyfriend
- Biological-clock
