Queen Elizabeth I
Other operas about the life of the English queen Elizabeth I:
Roberto Devereux - Gaetano Donizetti
Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth - Gaetano Donizetti
Schiller
Other operas based on plays by Friedrich Schiller:
Guillaume Tell (William Tell, Guglielmo Tell) - Gioachino Rossini
Don Carlos (Don Carlo) - Giuseppe Verdi
Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart) - Gaetano Donizetti
Information about the opera Maria Stuarda by Gaetano Donizetti, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
Based on Schiller's play about the life and death of Mary Queen of Scots, Donizetti revised it as Buondelmonte in response to the censors' refusal to allow Maria Stuarda.
Recommended recordings on CD
Viotti/Gruberova/Oprisanu (Nightingale Classics NC 190209-2)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Marcello Viotti.
Cast: Edita Gruberova (Maria Stuarda), Carmen Oprisanu (Elisabetta), Octavio Arévalo (Leicester), Duccio Dal Monte (Talbot).
Nightingale Classics NC 190209-2
Ceccato/Sills/Farrell (Westminster Legacy 471 221-2)
The first recording of this opera, and still the best.
John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Aldo Ceccato, 1971.
Cast: Beverly Sills (Maria Stuarda), Eileen Farrell (Elisabetta), Stuart Burrows (Leicester), Louis Quilico (Talbot).
Westminster Legacy 471 221-2
Bonynge/Tourangeau/Sutherland (Decca 425 410-2)
Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus, Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra, conducted by Richard Bonynge.
Cast: Huguette Tourangeau (Maria Stuarda), Dame Joan Sutherland (Elisabetta), Luciano Pavarotti (Leicester), Roger Soyer (Talbot).
Decca 425 410-2