Anna Bolena

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Anna Bolena. Opera in 2 acts by Donizetti to lib. by Romani. Inaccurate but moving dramatization of life of Henry VIII's 2nd wife Anne Boleyn. Prod. Milan 1830; London 1831; New Orleans 1839. Revived for Maria Callas at La Scala 1957, and at Glyndebourne 1965.

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