Maria Stuart at Theater am Leibnizplatz

Donizetti's opera, Maria Stuart, based on Friedrich Schiller's play, is about the two Queens Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, Queen of England, representing the two sides in a political and religious war. Maria Stuart is persecuted by Justice because of a plot against her own husband that she herself was involved in and seeking asylum in England with her sister, Queen Elizabeth but are suspected of wanting to take over the throne and put in jail. Elisabeth is in love with the Duke of Leicester, who in turn loves the imprisoned and fascinating Maria, which paves the way for a intrigfyllt and dramatic love triangle ...