Maria Stuarda (Donizetti, Gaetano)

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Caprotti (2011/10/12)

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Misc. Notes Biblioteca Conservatorio "S.Pietro a Majella" Napoli
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Work Title Maria Stuarda
Alternative. Title Tragediia lirica
Composer Donizetti, Gaetano
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. A 43 ; In.52
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGD 51
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1834?-35
First Performance. 1835-12-30 in Milan, Teatro alla Scala
Eugenio Cavallini (conductor)
First Publication. 1836
Librettist Giuseppe Bardari (1817–1861), after Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Language Italian
Average DurationAvg. Duration 2 hours
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
Cast
Maria Stuarda (soprano)
Elisabetta (soprano)
Anna Kennedy (mezzo)
Roberto (tenor)
Lord Guglielmo Cecil (baritone)
Giorgio Talbot (bass)
Herald (tenor)
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Orchestra
Related Works Revised with a new libretto as Buondelmonte, 1834.
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After a failed attempt at a premiere in 1834 that may have sunk due to a scandal and politics (the negative portrayal of some of the characters on stage, the ancestry of the Italian royalty in those same characters being portrayed, a bad combination) Donizetti made substantial changes.