The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

200 mins | Music | Jan. 19, 2013

Joyce DiDonato gives a sensational performance as Mary, Queen of Scots, in Donizetti’s bel canto drama, opposite Elza van den Heever as Queen Elizabeth. This Live in HD presentation of David McVicar’s acclaimed 2012 production also stars Matthew Polenzani as Leicester, the man caught between the rival queens. Maurizio Benini conducts.

The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

200 mins | Music | Jan. 19, 2013

The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda
Joyce DiDonato gives a sensational performance as Mary, Queen of Scots, in Donizetti’s bel canto drama, opposite Elza van den Heever as Queen Elizabeth. This Live in HD presentation of David McVicar’s acclaimed 2012 production also stars Matthew Polenzani as Leicester, the man caught between the rival queens. Maurizio Benini conducts.
Producers Erato
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda
Directors David McVicar, Gary Halvorson
Writers Giuseppe Bardari, Friedrich Schiller

Cast

Joyce DiDonato

as Mary Stuart

Elza van den Heever

as Queen Elizabeth I

Matthew Rose

as Lort Talbot

Joshua Hopkins

as Lord Cecil

Matthew Polenzani

as Robert, Earl of Leicester

Maria Zifchak

as Hanna Kennedy

Maurizio Benini

as conductor