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Gaetano Donizetti: Maria StuardaTeatro Real, Madrid
142 min
Disponible à partir du 05/05/2025
A masterpiece of bel canto at the Teatro Real in Madrid: conductor José Miguel Pérez-Sierra and director David McVicar take on Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, with Lisette Oropesa in the title role.
With his Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux, Gaetano Donizetti spent almost a decade weaving a vast fresco in which the Tudor queens are the main characters. Maria Stuarda, the second part of this triptych, focuses in particular on the rivalry between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and her cousin Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. The confrontation between these two diametrically opposed women will lead to a conclusion that is both tragic and sublime, transforming Mary Stuart into the archetypal Donizettian heroine.
In this new production at the Teatro Real, Lisette Oropesa plays Maria Stuarda while Elisabetta is played by Aigul Akhmetshina. Around this magnificent duo gravitate Ismael Jordi as the Earl of Leicester, Roberto Tagliavini as Giorgio Talbot, Andrzej Filonczyk as Lord Guglielmo Cecil and Elissa Pfaender as Anna Kennedy. Directed by David McVicar, this exceptional vocal ensemble matches the soaring heights of the Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, conducted by José Luis Basso and Jose Miguel Pérez-Sierra respectively.
Filmed on 20 December 2024 at the Teatro Real, Madrid.
With
Lisette Oropesa
Aigul Akhmetshina
Ismael Jordi
Roberto Tagliavini
Andrzej Filończyk
Elissa Pfaender
Director
David McVicar
Music director
José Miguel Pérez-Sierra
Orchestra
Orchester des Teatro Real
Choir director
José Luis Basso
Choir
Chor des Teatro Real
Choreography
Gareth Mole
Sets
Hannah Postlethwaite
Costumes
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting
Lizzie Powell
Director
François Roussillon
Country
France
Spain
Year
2024
