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Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart) is a tragic opera in two acts, by Gaetano Donizetti, to alibretto by Giuseppe Bardari, based on Andrea Maffeis` translation of Friedrich Schillers` 1800 play Maria Stuart. It premiered on 30th December, 1835 at La Scalain Milan. The story is loosely based on the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart) and her cousin Queen Elizabeth I. Schiller had invented the confrontation of the two Queens, who in fact never met. The libretto adds the love story of Mary Stuart and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, which has no basis in fact. At the time of the events portrayed, Dudley was actually 55, Elizabeth was 53 and Mary was 44.
It is one of a number of operas by Donizetti which deal with the Tudor period in English history. Of these, the lead female characters of the operas Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux are often referred to as the Three Donizetti Queens.
Date & Time: April 2, 2013; 6.30 pm
Venue: Dance Theatre Godrej: NCPA, Nariman Point, NCPA Marg, Mumbai
Tickets: Rs 500
Language: English
Genre: Opera, Screening
Length: 3 hrs 15 mins
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| Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda Opera |
It is one of a number of operas by Donizetti which deal with the Tudor period in English history. Of these, the lead female characters of the operas Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, and Roberto Devereux are often referred to as the Three Donizetti Queens.
Date & Time: April 2, 2013; 6.30 pm
Venue: Dance Theatre Godrej: NCPA, Nariman Point, NCPA Marg, Mumbai
Tickets: Rs 500
Language: English
Genre: Opera, Screening
Length: 3 hrs 15 mins
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