Maria Stuarda

Overview

Maria Stuarda is a searingly dramatic setting of Friedrich Schiller’s play about Mary, Queen of Scots, and her political and personal rivalry with Queen Elizabeth I of England. While based relatively closely on historical characters and events, the opera’s central scene is fictional: the highly emotional meeting of the queens that concludes the first act (originally invented by Schiller) never took place. It’s a dramatic device that brilliantly highlights the two women’s contrasting characters.

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Cast

Sonia Ganassi

Elisabetta

Joseph Calleja

Leicester

Riccardo Zanellato

Talbot

Marzio Giossi

Lord Cecil

Cinzia Rizzoni

Anna Kennedy

Cinzia Rizzoni

Anna Kennedy

Carmela Remigio

Maria Stuarda