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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda / Teatro Real

0000: Donizetti’s tragic opera 'Maria Stuarda' staged by David McVicar at Teatro Real with Lisette Oropesa as Maria Stuarda and Aigul Akhmetshina as Elisabetta.

MARIA STUARDA
Tragedia lirica in two acts (1835)
Libretto by Giuseppe Bardari after Andrea Maffei’s translation of Friedrich von Schiller’s play Maria Stuart

Gaetano Donizetti’s tragic opera 'Maria Stuarda' depicts the merciless rivalry between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, who is seen as a martyr facing up to the illegitimate Queen of England. The opera was a victim of censorship at its premiere and was beset by problems during rehearsals but is now seen as one of Donizetti’s great operatic masterpieces. From the flamboyantly lyrical royal confrontations to the poignant final execution scene, this widely acclaimed production by David McVicar features monumental sets and sumptuous Elizabethan costumes bringing the majesty and stark brutality of Elizabeth I’s reign vividly to life.

Elisabetta AIGUL AKHMETSHINA Mezzo-soprano
Maria Stuarda LISETTE OROPESA Soprano
Roberto Leicester ISMAEL JORDI Tenor
Giorgio Talbot ROBERTO TAGLIAVINI Bass
Lord Guglielmo Cecil ANDRZEJ FILOŃCZYK Baritone
Anna Kennedy ELISSA PFAENDER Mezzo-soprano

Coro y Orquesta Titulares del Teatro Real
Chorus Master JOSÉ LUIS BASSO
Conductor JOSÉ MIGUEL PÉREZ-SIERRA
Stage Director and Additional Costumes DAVID McVICAR

Film Director FRANÇOIS ROUSSILLON
Filmed on 20 and 23 December 2024 at Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

2.110782 / NBD0192V
Total playing time: 142 minutes
Language: Italian • Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean
DVD: NTSC 16:9 • Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 and DTS 5.1 • Region: 0 (worldwide) • DVD 9
BD: HD 16:9 • PCM stereo and DTS MA 5.1 • Region: A, B. C • BD 50