Maria Stuarda

Name: Maria Stuarda
Genre: Music
Released: 2002-01-01
Duration: 153 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Sonia Ganassi, Joseph Calleja, Riccardo Zanellato, Marzio Giossi, Cinzia Rizzoni

★ 8.0 Rating•153 min•2002

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Overview

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.