MET OPERA: MARIA STUARDA

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Saturday, January 19th, 2013
9:55 AM to 12:55 PM

David McVicar, who directed last season�s Met premiere of Anna Bolena, directs the company premiere of the second opera in Donizetti�s famous trilogy of operas about Tudor history. �Donizetti�s three Tudor operas are very different in tone, mood, and musical content,� McVicar says. �With Maria Stuarda being a different kind of opera than last season�s Anna Bolena, which we presented with a great deal of historical accuracy, we�ve gone for a visual style which is freer. Rather than reflecting history, it reflects the romantic nature of this retelling of the story and the sweeping romantic nature of Donizetti�s music.� Joyce DiDonato sings the title role of the defiant Mary, Queen of Scots. South African soprano Elza van den Heever makes her Met debut as Mary�s formidable rival, Queen Elizabeth I. Maurizio Benini conducts a cast that also includes Francesco Meli as the Earl of Leicester, Joshua Hopkins as Cecil, and Matthew Rose as Talbot.