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USA Staged Premiere
Based On

"Maria Stuart" by Friedrich von Schiller

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1971
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Assisted by
Designer
Lighting and resident designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation

Cast

Court Herald
Elisabetta (Elizabeth I)
Cecil (William Cecil, Lord Burleigh)
Talbot (George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury)
Leicester (Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester)
Maria (Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots)
Anna (Anne Kennedy)

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/16/1971, broadcast KKHI. 

Time and Place

Sixteenth-century England

Scenes

Act I -- Court of Elizabeth I
Act II -- Confrontation at Fotheringay Park
Act III, Scene 1 -- The Sentence
Scene 2 -- The Confession
Scene 3 -- The Execution

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE

First American staging at SF Opera; presented earlier in the US in concert.

First performance: Teatro alla Scala, 1835.

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11/16/1971, broadcast KKHI. Intermission taped features: Intermissions #1 and #2, Bill Agee (guest).


Sets and costumes from Teatro Comunale, Florence

Miss Sutherland's costumes designed by JOSE VARONA, executed by BARBARA MATERA LTD.
Miss Tourangeau's costumes in Acts I and III by BARBARA MATERA LTD.

The scenery for "Maria Stuarda" was transported from Italy by D'Amico Line, whose cooperation is gratefully acknowledged.