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14/07/2014

Donizetti's Maria Stuarda

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Donizetti's Maria Stuarda

Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a performance of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda

Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a performance of Donizetti's opera Maria Stuarda, starring Joyce DiDonato and Carmen Giannattasio. Bertrand de Billy conducts.

Donizetti's tragic opera Maria Stuarda portrays the bitter rivalry between the Scottish Mary Stuart and Queen Elizabeth I of England. They never actually met in real life, but in the operatic version the sparks fly in all directions as Donizetti sets a fictitious confrontation between the two queens. In this new staging by directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser, Bertrand de Billy conducts a star cast with Joyce DiDonato and Carmen Giannattasio.

Christopher Cook presents live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with guest Roger Parker and interviews with the directors and cast.

Maria Stuarda.....Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo-soprano)
Elisabetta.....Carmen Giannattasio (Soprano)
Leicester.....Ismael Jordi (Tenor)
Lord Cecil.....Jeremy Carpenter (Baritone)
Talbot .....Matthew Rose (Bass)
Anna Kennedy.....Kathleen Wilkinson (Mezzo-soprano)
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House Chorus
Bertrand de Billy (Conductor)

* 1930 Act 1
* 2045 Interval
* 2110 Act 2.

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