Opera Review: Joyce DiDonato Rules the Stage as Maria Stuarda
Donizetti’s 1834 opera, based on Schiller’s play “Mary Stuart,” is about the conflict between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Matthew Rose as Talbot and Matthew Polenzani as Leicester as they appear in Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda." Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
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Barry has been a music, theater, and travel writer for over a decade for various publications, including Epoch Times. He is a voting member of the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle, two organizations of theater critics that give awards at the end of each season. He has also been a member of NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association)
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