Organization

Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Enrique Mazzola

Stage director

Jetske Mijnssen

Set designer

Set designer (+3)

Ben Baur

Costume designer

Klaus Bruns

Dramaturge

Luc Joosten

Choreographer

Choreographer (+1)

Lillian Stillwell

Chorusmaster

Edward Ananian-Cooper

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Aigul Akhmetshina

Elizabeth

Tenor

Ismael Jordi

Robert, Earl of Leicester

Soprano (+1)

Sílvia Sequeira

Anna Kennedy

Lighting designer

Cor van den Brink

Bass (+2)

Aleksei Kulagin

George Talbot

Baritone (+3)

Szymon Mechliński

Lord William Cecil

Assistant Conductor

Conductor (+3)

Elda Laro

Répétiteur

Pianist (+1)

Peter Lockwood

Répétiteur (+1)

Daniel Ruiz de Cenzano Caballero

Pianist (+4)

Alessandro Amoretti

Kristina Mkhitaryan

Mary Stuart

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

San Carlo Theater

Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Chorus

Chorus of Dutch National Opera

Orchestra

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Assistant Stage Director

Jean-François Kessler

Noah van Renswoude

Assistant Chorusmaster

Ad Broeksteeg

Naomi Teekens

Dancer (+5)

Demi Wals

Dancer

Alina Fejzo

Lili Kok

Evaldo Melo

Isabelle Nelson

Renzo Popolizio

Laia Vancells Pi

Luigi Vilotta

Two kings, one crown
Although Elisabeth I and Mary Stuart never actually met, artists have all too often fantasized about a possible meeting between the two. The same goes for Donizetti, who sketches a blood-curdling confrontation scene in his opera. The two queens deal vocal punches, culminating in Stuarda's exclamation 'vil bastarda!' ("Dirty bastard!"). A deeply affected Elisabeth takes revenge in a ruthless way. 


TRILOGY 
Maria Stuarda (1835) is the second opera of Donizetti's Tudor trilogy, presented in three seasons. The Dutch director Jetske Mijnssen penetrates deeply into the psychology of the characters. A common thread is the life course of Queen Elisabeth, and the traumas that accumulate in it.  

Enrique Mazzola , world-class bel canto specialist, is the musical director of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra . Marina Rebeka , who is one of the few in the world who can play all three Donizetti queens, sings the role of Maria Stuarda. Opposite her she has the young Russian mezzo-soprano and rising star Aigul Akhmetshina in the role of Elisabetta.

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