Jealous that he loves someone else, Queen Elizabeth I has sent the handsome earl Roberto Devereux to his death. Now, she waits to hear the cannon blast that will herald his beheading. Guilt starts to creep into her soul. She has never felt more alone, more tired, more old. The rage she once felt is now extinguished.

Mourning Devereux's imminent death, she sings an aria of forgiveness: "Vivi ingrato, a lei d'accanto."

"Vivi, ingrato, a lei d'accanto; il mio core a te perdona. Vivi, o crudo, a m'abbandona in eterno a sospirar," Elizabeth sings. "Live, ungrateful man, by her side. My heart forgives you. Live, cruel one, and leave me to sigh for all eternity."

Will Elizabeth take action before it's too late? Find out as soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes the stage as England's Queen Elizabeth I in Gaetano Donizetti's "Roberto Devereux," streaming for free the weekend of August 14, 2021: sfopera.com/streaming

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