Gaetano Donizetti's bel canto opera  Maria Stuarda  is based on Friedrich Schiller's tragedy  Maria Stuart  . Mary, Queen of Scots, has been held captive by Elisabetta, Queen of England, for 18 years. Roberto (Earl of Leicester) loves Maria and campaigns for her release, unaware that in doing so he is stirring up the jealousy of Elisabetta, who in turn harbors feelings for him. Revenge, intrigue, betrayed trust, and the struggle for humanity and dignity draw the two rivals into a bitter struggle for power that ends with Maria's execution. The young people at the opera camp sing, act, make music, and experiment with Donizetti's themes, characters, scenes, and highly emotional music, developing their own perspective on the work.

Final performance of the Opera Camp — Maria Stuarda

Mozarteum University Salzburg

Dive into "divine Viennese music"! Seven female musicians, as the magazine "Bockkeller" reported shortly after the ensemble's founding, played Schrammel music, and "they did it really well. That's what the audience thought, applauding loudly, and that's what the gray eminences of Viennese music, seated in the front row, thought: above all, Roland J. Neuwirth and Ernst Weber. Anyone who receives praise from these gentlemen is doing something right. Anyone who gets a standing ovation from them is doing something very right." Little more needs to be said. Dive in!

Andrea Götsch

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Dec 15, 2025

DIVIRONERS | Traditional Viennese Music · Das MuTh

Feb 21, 2026

4th Chamber Music Concert in the Vienna State Opera · Wiener Philharmoniker

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Aug 2, 2025

Final performance of the Opera Camp — Maria Stuarda · Salzburger Festspiele

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