Maria Stuarda

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.

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

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