Maria Stuarda (Donizetti, Gaetano)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1834?-35
Genre Categories Lyric tragedies; Theatrical Works; Operas; [7 more...]Lyric operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Italian language
Related Works Revised with a new libretto as Buondelmonte, 1834.

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 Act I, II
#135590 - 77.30MB, 242 pp. -  4.1904761904762/10 2 4 6 8 10 (21) - V/V/V - 5980×⇩ - Caprotti

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 Act III
#135591 - 61.63MB, 179 pp. -  5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (10) - V/V/V - 1383×⇩ - Caprotti

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1860).
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Misc. Notes Biblioteca Conservatorio "S.Pietro a Majella" Napoli
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 Act I, II
#135586 - 85.19MB, 263 pp. -  5.2727272727273/10 2 4 6 8 10 (11) - V/V/V - 3596×⇩ - Caprotti

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 Act III
#135587 - 58.89MB, 191 pp. -  5.3333333333333/10 2 4 6 8 10 (9) - V/V/V - 1487×⇩ - Caprotti

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1865.
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Misc. Notes Biblioteca Conservatorio "S.Pietro a Majella" Napoli
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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d.
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General Information

Work Title Maria Stuarda
Alternative. Title Tragediia lirica
Name Translations Stuart Mária; María Estuardo; Մարիա Ստյուարտ; 마리아 스투아르다; Мария Стюарт; [7 more...]Марія Стюарт; Marie Stuartovna; 瑪麗亞·斯圖亞達; ماريا ستواردا; Μαρία Στουάρντα; ماريا ستيواردا; マリア・ストゥアルダ
Name Aliases Maria Estuardo; 瑪莉亞．司徒阿達; Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Mary Stuart
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 184004731; LCCN: n80057039; GND: 300045840; BNF: 139115913
Composer Donizetti, Gaetano
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. A 43 ; In.52
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. 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 [more...]
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.
External Links Wikipedia article
Opera Guide

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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.

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