Wed, Mar. 19, 2025, 7.00 pm - 10.00 pm | Main Stage

Gaetano Donizetti

Maria Stuarda

Introduction at 6.20 pm

Maria and Elisabetta: two queens fight for power and love. Between them stands Count Leicester, Elisabetta's lover, who is attracted to Maria. The two women meet in the park of Fotheringhay Castle - a duel of emotions, fought with the weapons of bel canto, coloratura on a knife's edge. In the end, the Catholic Maria will ascend the scaffold with her head held high, while the Protestant Elisabetta will keep her throne but lose her love.

Musical Direction: Antonino Fogliani
Production: Karin Beier
Stage: Amber Vandenhoeck
Costumes: Eva Dessecker
Lighting: Annette ter Meulen Lighting
Dramaturgy: Rita Thiele

In Italian with German and English surtitles
Supported by the Foundation for the Promotion of the Hamburg State Opera.