Organization

Conductor

Enrique Mazzola

Stage director

Jetske Mijnssen

Set designer

Ben Baur

Costume designer

Klaus Bruns

Dramaturge

Luc Joosten

Choreographer

Lillian Stillwell

Chorus master

Edward Ananian-Cooper

Singer

Soprano

Aigul Akhmetshina

Elizabeth

Tenor

Ismael Jordi

Robert, Earl of Leicester

Mezzo-soprano

Sílvia Sequeira

Anna Kennedy

Lighting designer

Cor van den Brink

Bass

Aleksei Kulagin

George Talbot

Szymon Mechliński

Lord William Cecil

Assistant Conductor

Elda Laro

Repetiteur

Peter Lockwood

Daniel Ruiz de Cenzano Caballero

Alessandro Amoretti

Language Coach

Kristina Mkhitaryan

Mary Stuart

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

Teatro di San Carlo

De Nationale Opera

Others

Chorus of Dutch National Opera

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest

Italian

Maria Stuarda -  (Mary Stuart)

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Maria Stuarda

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Maria Stuarda Donizetti

The fatal conflict between two historical queens. Although, historically speaking, Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart never actually met, a potential encounter between the two has formed the stuff of fantasy for writers, painters and composers over the centuries. Donizetti wrote an unparalleled confrontation scene for the two to go head to head in! 

Maria Stuarda will be performed in our theatre from 6-28 May.

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Two kings, one crown
Although Elisabeth I and Mary Stuart never actually met, artists have all too often fantasized about a possible meeting between the two. The same goes for Donizetti, who sketches a blood-curdling confrontation scene in his opera. The two queens deal vocal punches, culminating in Stuarda's exclamation 'vil bastarda!' ("Dirty bastard!"). A deeply affected Elisabeth takes revenge in a ruthless way. 


TRILOGY 
Maria Stuarda (1835) is the second opera of Donizetti's Tudor trilogy, presented in three seasons. The Dutch director Jetske Mijnssen penetrates deeply into the psychology of the characters. A common thread is the life course of Queen Elisabeth, and the traumas that accumulate in it.  

Enrique Mazzola , world-class bel canto specialist, is the musical director of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra . Marina Rebeka , who is one of the few in the world who can play all three Donizetti queens, sings the role of Maria Stuarda. Opposite her she has the young Russian mezzo-soprano and rising star Aigul Akhmetshina in the role of Elisabetta.

Mary Stuart by Donizetti, From (2023/2023), Directed by Jetske Mijnssen,, Conductor Enrique Mazzola, Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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