Maria Stuarda (2002)
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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Sonia Ganassi as Elisabetta |
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Joseph Calleja as Leicester |
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Riccardo Zanellato as Talbot |
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Marzio Giossi as Lord Cecil |
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Cinzia Rizzoni as Anna Kennedy |
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Cinzia Rizzoni as Anna Kennedy |
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Carmela Remigio as Maria Stuarda |
