Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Roberto Devereux, ossia Il conte di Essex or God of last resort




Mine is - it struck me (in these words; the gist has been with me for 45 years) during a scene in Roberto Devereux, ossia Il conte di Essex*  by Donizetti/Cammarano/Ancelot - God of last resort.



*staged, rather boringly and confusedly, in Cardiff.