Donizetti's Maria Stuarda
Donizetti's Maria Stuarda in an archive recording from 2013 taken at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and starring Joyce DiDonato in the title role. Maurizio Benini conducts.
From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, an archive recording of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda in a performance first heard in 2013, starring the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the title role and the soprano Elza van den Heever as Elisabetta. This history-inspired Maria Stuarda is the dramatic climax of a meeting that never happened. When cousins and queens Elizabeth and Mary confront each other, in this fictional account, regal pride, years of hatred and mistrust ignite one of Donizetti's most compelling dramas. Maurizio Benini conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
Presented by Mary Jo Heath, with commentator Ira Siff.
Maria Stuarda, Queen of Scotland ..... Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Elisabetta, Queen of England ..... Elza van den Heever (soprano)
Anna Kennedy, Maria's companion ..... Maria Zifchak (mezzo)
Roberto, Earl of Leicester ..... Matthew Polenzani (tenor)
Lord Guglielmo Cecil, Chancellor of the Exchequer ..... Joshua Hopkins (baritone)
Giorgio Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury ..... Matthew Rose (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Maurizio Benini, conductor
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