What is Maria Stuarda?
{{italictitle}}{{No sources|date=July 2020}} '''''Maria Stuarda''''' is an Italian [[opera]] in three acts by [[Gaetano Donizetti]], libretto by Giuseppe Bardari, after [[Friedrich Schiller]]'s play ''Maria Stuarda''. It was first performed in [[Naples]], on October 19,1835, under the name of ''Buondelmont'' due to censorship problems, and in its original version in [[Milan]], on December 30, 1835. One of Donizetti's finest work, it is notable for the confrontation scene between Queen Mary and Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], which in real life never took place. It was heartbreaking. The [[soprano]] later became famous and well loved. ==Principle roles and voice types== * Maria Stuarda - [[soprano]] ==Sources== * ''The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta'', James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993. {{Music-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuarda, Maria}} [[Category:Compositions by Gaetano Donizetti]] [[Category:1830s operas]]