Roberto Devereux - Performance History

Performance History

Roberto Devereux was first performed on 29 October 1837 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. Within a few years, the opera's success had caused it to be performed in most European cities including Paris on 27 December 1838; London on 24 June 1841; plus New York on 15 January 1849

Between 1882 and 1964, when it was revived at the San Carlo in Naples, there appear to have been no performances. However, that 1964 revival starred Leyla Gencer, while Montserrat Caballe appeared in a combination of concert performances and staged productions between December 1965 and 1978.

Roberto Devereux was first performed by the New York City Opera in October 1970 as the first part of the "Three Queens" trilogy. It was performed on a regular basis in European houses during the 1980s and in concert versions by the Opera Orchestra of New York in January 1991 (with Vladimir Chernov), the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in July 2002, and Washington Concert Opera in 2004. In 2009, performances were given by the Dallas Opera, the Las Palmas Opera, the Opera Holland Park Festival, while 2010 saw productions in Mannheim and Rome. 2010 saw performances given by the Minnesota Opera and Munich's Bayerische Staatsoper plus its first performance in Quebec in November of that year at the Opéra de Montréal.