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MARIA STUARDA

Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Opera in three acts in Italian

Libretto: Giuseppe Bardari
Premièr at Teatro San Carlo, Naples – 18 October 1834

02†, 04†, 06 January 1969

Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Chorus master: Giacomo Maggiore

Stage director: Giorgio de Lulla

Scene and costumes: Pier Luigi Pizzi

Elisabetta Queen of England SHIRLEY VERRETT mezzo-soprano

Maria Stuarda Queen of Scotland LEYLA GENCER soprano
Anna (Hannah Kennedy) VARA MAGRINI mezzo-soprano
Leichester (Robert Duddley) JUAN ONCINA tenor
Talbot (Earl of Shrewsburry) PLINIO CLABASSI bass
Cecil (Lord Burleigh) GIULIO FIORAVANTI baritone
A Herald MARIO FROSINI tenor

Time: 1567

Place: London and Northamptonshire

† Recording date