Maria, regina d'Inghilterra
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| Maria, regina d'Inghilterra | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Giovanni Pacini | |
 Pacini | |
| Librettist | Leopoldo Tarantini |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Marie Tudor by Victor Hugo |
| Premiere | |
Maria, regina d'Inghilterra (Mary Tudor, Queen of England) is an Italian opera in three acts, composed by Giovanni Pacini from a libretto by Leopoldo Tarantini, which was based on the 1833 play Marie Tudor by Victor Hugo. It was given its first performance at the Teatro Carolino, in Palermo, on 11 February 1843.
The opera was greeted with considerable acclaim at its creation. After a decade or so, it lost its popularity and disappeared from the stage until its revival by Opera Rara at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London as part of the Camden Festival on 23 March 1983.[1]
Between March and May 2012, the opera was performed at the City Theater of Giessen in Germany. [2]
Odyssey Opera mounted a fully staged production on 1 and 3 November 2019 at the Huntington Theater in Boston.[3]
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast (Conductor: -) |
|---|---|---|
| Maria, Queen of England | soprano | Antonietta Marini-Rainieri |
| Riccardo Fenimoore | tenor | Nicola Ivanoff |
| Clotilde Talbot | soprano | Teresa Merli-Clerici |
| Ernesto Malcolm | baritone | Antonio Superchi |
| Gualtiero Churchill | bass | Antonio Benciolini |
