Product: Donizetti - Roberto Devereux / Rudel, Sills, Alexander, New York City Opera (1975)
Rating: 5.0
THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT.
Being a great fan of Beverly Sills, I have listened to all of her recordings. She was a brilliant Violetta (Traviata) and a powerful Lucia, but the role of Queen Elizabeth I in Donizetti's ROBERTO DEVEREUX was, in my opinion, her greatest achievement. This live video performance is gripping. Her singing is superb and her acting is inspired. She IS Elizabeth, in all of her glory and her despair. Many have compared her performance to that of the great Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth and I would agree with that judgement. This is the paramount performance of Sills' illustrious career.