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Maria Stuarda

Gaetano Donizetti
Production from 2025
Maria and Elisabetta: two queens fight for power and love. Between them stands Count Leicester, Elisabetta's lover, who is attracted to Maria. The two women meet in the park of Fotheringhay Castle - a duel of emotions, fought with the weapons of bel canto, coloratura on a knife's edge. In the end, the Catholic Maria will ascend the scaffold with her head held high, while the Protestant Elisabetta will keep her throne but lose her love.

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Tragedia Lirica in two acts
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto: Giuseppe Bardari, based on the tragedy of the same name by Friedrich Schiller
  • 1835 30 December, premiere at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan
  • 2025 16 March, premiere of this production at the Hamburg State Opera
  • 2026 Intervention: Am 14. März 2026, findet in der ­Pause der Vorstellung im Vorderhaus der Hamburgischen ­Staatsoper die künst­lerische Intervention „Schiller: Maria und Elisabeth warten auf den Bus“ statt.

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The Production

  • Venue Main Stage
  • Duration 180 m
  • Break An intermission of 25 minutes after the first part
  • Age recommendation Ab 15 Jahren/Klasse 10
  • Language In Italian with German and English surtitles
Maria and Elisabetta: two queens fight for power and love. Between them stands Count Leicester, Elisabetta's lover, who is attracted to Maria. The two women meet in the park of Fotheringhay Castle - a duel of emotions, fought with the weapons of bel canto, coloratura on a knife's edge. In the end, the Catholic Maria will ascend the scaffold with her head held high, while the Protestant Elisabetta will keep her throne but lose her love.
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  • Intervention: Am 14. März 2026, findet in der ­Pause der Vorstellung im Vorderhaus der Hamburgischen ­Staatsoper die künst­lerische Intervention „Schiller: Maria und Elisabeth warten auf den Bus“ statt.

Maria Stuarda

Gaetano Donizetti

  • Duration 180 m
  • Break An intermission of 25 minutes after the first part
  • Age recommendation Ab 15 Jahren/Klasse 10
  • Language In Italian with German and English surtitles

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