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Maria Stuarda is a searingly dramatic setting of Friedrich Schillers play about Mary Queen of Scots and her political and personal rivalry with Queen Elizabeth I of England While based relatively closely on historical characters and events the operas central scene is fictional the highly emotional meeting of the queens that concludes the first act originally invented by Schiller never took place Its a dramatic device that brilliantly highlights the two womens contrasting characters
Theatrical
Jan 1, 2002
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