| The Royal Opera - Maria Stuarda Reviews | 19 April 2024 |
Carmen Giannattasio (Elisabetta), Joyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda)
Carmen Giannattasio (Elisabetta), Ismael Jordi (Conte di Leicester)
General scene
Joyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda), Matthew Rose (Giorgio Talbot), Kathleen Wilkinson (Anna Kennedy)
Joyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda)
Performance reviews
| Key | 
Photo gallery
|
Production details
|
Video link
|
Maria StuardaThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 15 | |
What a waste of huge talents |
 22 Jul 14 / The Jewish Chronicle |
Docudrama belcantista |
| 19 Jul 14 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda by the Royal Opera House is breathtaking |
| 13 Jul 14 / Express |
Maria Stuarda is a fight to the death between two magnificent queens and an 'eclectic' design |
| 13 Jul 14 / The Observer |
'Electrifying' top-class sopranos in monarch power struggle |
| 10 Jul 14 / Express |
The dots are unjoinable in Royal Opera’s Maria Stuarda |
| 10 Jul 14 / The Spectator |
Joyce DiDonato as Maria Stuarda was sensational |
| 9 Jul 14 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Joyce DiDonato is transcendent |
| 8 Jul 14 / Independent |
Joyce DiDonato exudes moral fire, terror and nobility of spirit |
| 8 Jul 14 / Evening Standard |
Joyce DiDonato is on superlative form in the title role |
| 8 Jul 14 / Financial Times |
American mezzo Joyce DiDonato and rising star Carmen Giannattasio triumph admirably |
| 8 Jul 14 / The Stage |
Joyce DiDonato's enthralling singing saved a crass production of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda |
| 7 Jul 14 / Telegraph |
The singers supply the passion |
| 7 Jul 14 / The Guardian |
Joyce DiDonato dazzles the ear in Donizetti's operatic retelling of Schiller's play |
| 7 Jul 14 / What's on Stage |
Terrific musical performances in a dramatic performance lacking the courage of its convictions |
| 7 Jul 14 / Planet Hugill |
associated articles [+]
Audiences lose their heads over DiDonato’s opera performance
The 45-year-old diva has been leaving audiences at the Royal Opera House roaring for her singing and performing of the hugely demanding bel canto (beautiful singing) role of the doomed Queen Maria Stuarda.
The 45-year-old diva has been leaving audiences at the Royal Opera House roaring for her singing and performing of the hugely demanding bel canto (beautiful singing) role of the doomed Queen Maria Stuarda.
Production details
Cast
DiDonato, Giannattasio, Wilkinson, Jordi, Carpenter, Rose
(c) de Billy (d) Leiser/Caurier
Performance dates
5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18 July 2014
Trending reviews
| 1. | Fire Shut Up in My Bones Metropolitan Opera |
| 2. | La Gioconda Teatro di San Carlo |
| 3. | La Sonnambula Teatro dell'Opera di Roma |
| 4. | All is Love Opera Atelier |
| 5. | Carmen Opernhaus Zürich |
12 Apr 24 / parterre box |