Joyce DiDonato stars as the martyred Mary, Queen of Scots, in Donizetti’s bel canto showcase. A searingly dramatic setting of Friedrich Schiller’s play about Mary, Queen of Scots, and her political ...

Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart) is a tragic opera in two acts, by Gaetano Donizetti, to a libretto by Giuseppe Bardari, based on Andrea Maffei's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 1800 play Maria Stuart.

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Only moments earlier the same faction had cheered Joyce DiDonato to the Covent Garden rafters, so they should be chastened by their heroine’s subsequent tweet: "People need to understand that great ...

Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart, has fascinated historians and writers throughout the centuries. Alexandre Dumas wrote a biography of her, and more recently, Antonia Fraser crafted a ...