The Metropolitan Opera Anna Bolena (2011)

David McVicars atmospheric and brooding production captures the drama of this riveting piece of British history retold as only Donizetti could International superstar Anna Netrebko is Queen Anne Boleyn trapped in an unhappy marriage to King Henry VIII Ildar Abdrazakov whose roving eye has settled on another womanJane Seymour Ekaterina Gubanova Annas friend but now her unwitting rival Add in Annas early love Percy Stephen Costello just returned to the court from exile and the result is a haunting explosive account of Queen Annas tragic final days before she goes to her execution in one of the most moving and dazzling final scenes in all of opera