Maria Stuarda

Act One

Scene 1

• No. 1 Chorus ‘Qui si attenda’ - Chorus

Scene 2

• No. 2 Cavatina ‘Ah! quando all'ara scorgemi’ and ‘Ah dal ciel discenda un raggio’- Elisabetta
• Scene ‘Il tal giorno di contento’ - Talbot, Elisabetta, Chorus, Cecil

Scene 3

• No. 3 Scene ‘Fra voi perché non veggio Leicester?’ - Elisabetta, Cecil, Leicester

Scene 4

• ‘Hai nelle giostre, o Talbo’ - Leicester, Talbot
• No. 4 ‘Questa immago, questo foglio’ - Talbot, Leicester
• Cavatina ‘A rimiro il bel sembiante’ - Leicester

Scene 5

• No. 5 Scene and Duet ‘Sei tu confuso?’ - Elisabetta, Leicester

Act Two

Scene 1

• No. 6 Scene ‘Allenta il pie, Regina’ - Anna, Maria
• Cavatina ‘Oh nube! Che lieve per l’aria ti aggiri’ and ‘Nella pace, nel mesto riposo’ - Maria, Anna, Chorus (Offstage)

Scene 2

• No. 7 Scene and Duet ‘Ah! Non m’inganna la gioia!’ - Maria, Leicester

Scene 3

• No. 8 Scene ‘Qual loco e questo?’ - Elisabetta, Leicester, Cecil

Scene 4

• (No. 8 cont.) ‘Vieni … Deh! Mi lascia…’ - Talbot, Maria, Elisabetta, Leicester, Cecil
• No. 9 Sextett ‘È sempre la stessa, superba orgogliosa’ - Elisabetta, Talbot, Anna, Maria, Leicester, Cecil
• No. 10 Dialogue of the Two Queens ‘Deh! L’accogli!’ - Leicester, Elisabetta, Talbot, Maria, Cecil

Act Three

Scene 1

• No. 12 Scene and Duet ‘E pensi? E tardi?’ - Cecil, Elisabetta

Scene 2

• No. 13 Trio ‘Si! … Regina’ - Elisabetta, Leicester, Cecil

Scene 3

• No. 14 Scene ‘La perfida anche insultarmi volea’ - Maria

Scene 4

• (No. 14 cont.) Scene ‘Che vuoi?’ - Maria, Cecil, Talbot

Scene 5

• No. 15 Scene and Duet; The Confession ‘Oh mio buon Talbo!’ - Maria, Talbot

Scene 6

• No. 16 Hymn of Death ‘Vedeste? Vedemmo, oh truce apparato!’ - Chorus

Scene 7

• No. 17 Scene ‘Anna! Qui più sommessi favellate’ - Anna, Chorus

Scene 8

• Prayer of the Scot ‘Deh! Tu un umile preghiera’ - Maria, Anna, Talbot, Chorus

Scene 9

• No. 18 Aria del supplizio (Aria of Execution) ‘E già vicino del tuo morir l’istante’ - Cecil

Final Scene

• (No. 18 cont.) ‘Giunge il conte’ - Cecil, Maria, Leicester, Chorus

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