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.
Maria Stuarda presents a fierce and virtuosic vocal duel between two divas vying for the love of the same man, epitomising Bel Canto at its finest. The Queen of England finds no peace until the head ...