The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
Washington National Opera General Director Plácido Domingo conducts Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia After the Borgia palace is defaced, Lucrezia demands the desecrator's death. When Gennaro (Vittorio Grigolo) is arrested for the crime, Lucrezia's thirst for vengeance sets in motion a tragic chain of events that eventually destroys her enemies -- and herself.
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The last date listed for Lucrezia Borgia was Monday November 17, 2008 / 7:00pm. (view all dates)
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Wonderful performance. Good seats for the price. An opera lover's opera. The lead singer, Sondra Radvanovsky (who alternated with Renee Fleming) was marvelous, as were all the leads. She brought down the house.
My experience was above and beyond what I expected. The seats were phenomenal at the absolutely lowest price I could have gotten anywhere else. The show was amazing and featured Placido Domingo as the conductor. It was super easy to purchase the tickets online a day before the event and pick them up at will call. I was very pleased.
Beautifully performed. All the pagentry of great opera.
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Renée Fleming, one of the greatest sopranos of our day, makes her WNO debut as the infamous Lucrezia Borgia, a role she shares with Sondra Radvanovsky.
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Felice Romani
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
The running time for this production is approximately two hours and 42 minutes including two 20-minute intermissions.
Under the stewardship of General Director Placido Domingo, Washington National Opera continues to move confidently forward on a great adventure that began when the company was founded in 1956. Five decades and countless artistic leaps later, the Opera has achieved the stature of a world class company and plays to standing-room-only audiences at the Kennedy Center Opera House. The company recently received the designation "The National Opera" by the Congress of the United States of America.