Donizetti: Maria Stuarda - Salzburg Festival (2025)
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland — her name will be linked in perpetuity with another name: Elizabeth I of England. Mary and Elizabeth: two queens, two adversaries, two women in the middle of the 16th century. Although ‘sisters and cousins’, they never actually encountered each other in the flesh — contrary to the fictional conceit.
Director: Ulrich Rasche
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Kate Lindsey as Elisabetta |
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Lisette Oropesa as Maria Stuarda |
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Bekhzod Davronov as Roberto, Count of Leicester |
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Aleksei Kulagin as Giorgio Talbot |
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Thomas Lehman as Lord Guglielmo Cecil |
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Nino Gotoshia as Anna Kennedy |
| Sound | Antonello Manacorda | Conductor |
| Directing | Ulrich Rasche | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sara Schwartz | Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Marco Giusti | Lighting Design |
| Camera | Florian Hetz | Video Report |
| Crew | Paul Blackman | Choreographer |
| Crew | Yvonne Gebauer | Dramaturgy |
| Directing | Dennis Krauß | Assistant Director |