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Martin Rajna's energetic conducting and Gabriella Balga's glorious Elisabetta are the bright spots in this flashy but empty house premiere of Donizetti's classic.

This production focuses on the psychological and human aspects of the central characters, rather than on their political conflict, with Elizabeth playing a pivotal role.

Extraordinary performances from Kristina Mkhitaryan and Aigul Akhmetshina turn Donizetti's take on Schiller into an intense psychological portrait of power struggle.

Tara Erraught stars as the eponymous heroine with Anna Devin as her nemesis Elizabeth I in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, but Tom Creed's modern update fails to convince at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. 

Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda is perhaps most famous for a single and highly emotional scene in which two monarchs engage in a venomous confrontation. One is doomed to die. 

One might have hoped for a memorable performance of the work for its absolute première at the Carlo Felice. Instead, this was an experience to quickly forget.

The thrills of Tudor (pseudo-)history and bel canto expressivity combine in the second of Donizetti's “Three Queens” operas, Maria Stuarda, making its company debut at Seattle Opera.

A brilliant revival of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at The Met centres on the dramatic confrontation between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart at Fotheringhay. 

Naples greets Mariella Devia with more than warm applause, despite some downsides in the orchestral accompaniment. 

Joyce DiDonato, Carmen Giannattasio and Joseph Calleja star in a superb concert performance of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. 

Opera Seria continues to amaze with a fiery production of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda.

The recently-refurbished Opéra Royal de Wallonie dominates the Place de l’Opéra in the Belgian city of Liège, not only with its imposing columned portico but with its new fly-tower which rears above it.

It was with great curiosity that I set off for the Barbican on Saturday night. I’ve never been to see an opera in the cinema before – I don’t think I’ve even sat through a pre-recorded film of an opera for many years, as I am a great fan of the “real thing”: opera performed live on stage.

Read our review of David McVicar's production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda in its 2013 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

Regisseur Ulrich Rasche bringt eine radikal neue Sicht auf Donizettis Belcanto-Oper. Lisette Oropesa als Maria und Kate Lindsey als Elisabetta brillieren als königliche Todfeindinnen. 

Maria Stuarda, bajo la dirección de McVicar y Pérez-Sierra, resultó ser una representación redonda, con gran sentido del espectáculo y un equilibrio que situa al canto en el centro de la misma.

Una Maria Stuarda pesante y estática en lo escénico benefició, por otra parte, un canto exquisito y una musicalidad excelente por parte de todos los actores.

Dans un spectacle mêlant des scènes d'opéras de Donizetti, l'Orchestre de Chambre des Pays-Bas brille sous la direction d'Enrique Mazzola avec un duo Marina Rebeka – Ismael Jordi au sommet de son art.

Spannendes Psycho-Duell in reduzierter Optik, kompetenter Belcanto mit dem Wahrhaftigkeitsanspruch des Verismo.

Difficile exercice que celui du drame lyrique pour deux Prima Donna qu’est Maria Stuarda. Il ne fallait pas moins que le talentueux duo constituait de la soprano lettone Marina Rebeka et de sa sœur de scène l’italienne Carmela Remigio pour donner ses lettres de noblesses à ce modèle de bel canto qui n’avait pas été donné sur les planches de l’Opéra de Rome depuis 2006.

Maria Stuarda en version de concert venait cloture le "marathon" Donizetti présenté ce mois-ci à l'Opéra de Marseille. Représentation en demi-teinte. 

Patrizia Ciofi et Karine Deshayes ont justement rendu hommage à la plus saisissante confrontation royale du répertoire lyrique. Cette Maria Stuarda a tenu ses promesses. 

Une guerre politique à laquelle se superpose une rivalité amoureuse, Robert Dudley, comte de Leicester étant aimé des deux femmes.