Donizetti: Maria Stuarda

Many of Bergamo-born Gaetano Donizetti's operas have already been staged in Budapest. However, his great operas of historical dramas have so far been neglected, with the exception of Anna Bolena, which has not been performed in decades, either. It was therefore an important moment in 2025 that for the first time ever, Maria Stuarda was presented at the Hungarian State Opera. The bel canto composer, whose works are characteristic of endless and endlessly beautiful melodies, based his opera on Friedrich Schiller's drama of the same title about the last days of the life of the tragic Queen of Scots. The production was staged by Máté Szabó, a director familiar with Donizetti’s world, approaching the work from a psychological perspective.