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Allee Theater – Theater für Kinder und Hamburger Kammeroper

Conductor

Conductor (+3)

Ettore Prandi

Stage director

Stage director (+1)

Roman Hovenbitzer

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Kathrin Kegler

Costume designer

Luzie Nehls Neuhaus

Orchestra

Allee Theater Ensemble

Soprano

Luminita Andrei

Mary Stuart

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Feline Knabe

Elizabeth

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Susanne Lichtenberg

Anna Kennedy

Tenor

Berus Komarschela

Robert, Earl of Leicester

Bass-baritone (+5)

Titus Witt

George Talbot

Actor (+3)

Ferdinand Krumbügel

Lord William Cecil

Allee Theater

Arranger (music)

Child vocalist

Amalia Ramming

Mary Stuart as a child

Lea Helen Valet

Eloise Maerz

Elisabeth as a child

Juna Winkler

Immanuel Liebe

Robert as a child

Oscar Steinhauser

Singer

Dustin Leitol

Heinrich VIII

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, is held captive by her relative, Queen Elizabeth I of England. Elizabeth sees Mary not only as a threat to her rule, but also as a strong rival for the love of the Earl of Leicester.

When the two monarchs meet, the conflict escalates dramatically. When Elizabeth – consumed by jealousy and despair – signs Mary's death warrant, the Scottish queen comes to terms with her past and dies as a martyr.

Compared to Friedrich Schiller's original drama, Gaetano Donizetti places a much greater focus on the personal aspects and the inner conflicts of the rival rulers. Since its successful rediscovery in 1958, the opera about the battle between the two queens has been one of the immortal highlights of the Italian bel canto repertoire and is an indispensable part of opera stages all over the world.

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