page_title: Cultural depictions of Mary, Queen of Scots
section_title: Opera
hierarchical_section_title: Cultural depictions of Mary, Queen of Scots / Opera
context_page_description: Mary, Queen of Scots, has inspired artistic and cultural works for more than four centuries. The following lists cover various media, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture. The entries represent portrayals that a reader has a reasonable chance of encountering rather than a complete catalogue.
context_section_description: The subject of Mary, Queen of Scots was a common one in 19th century opera. Usually, the operas dealt with the period of her life when she was being persecuted by Elizabeth I of England. Mary was considered a sympathetic character in southern Europe due to her Catholicism.
  Mary's story proved popular among liberals and revolutionaries in 19th-century Italy. These were especially attracted by the various plots made to save her as well as her death as a political martyr, both of which they interpreted as comparable to their own struggle. The Carbonari took their name from a mythical ring of English coal-burners, supposedly dedicated to Mary's cause. For this reason, the subject of Mary Stuart came to be seen as a concern of radicals, and operas about her were banned on several occasions.
  Nineteenth-century operas about Mary include:
  Luigi Carlini – Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia (1818)
  Pietro Casella – Maria Stuarda (1812)
  Carlo Coccia – Maria Stuart, regina di Scozia (1827)
  Gaetano Donizetti – Maria Stuarda (1835)
  François-Joseph Fétis – Marie Stuart en Ecosse (1823)
  Saverio Mercadante – Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia (1825)
  Louis Niedermeyer – Marie Stuart (1844), Paris
  Pasquale Sogner – Maria Stuarda ossia I carbonari di Scozia (1816)
  Twentieth-century operas about Mary include:
  Mary Carr Moore -  David Rizzio (completed in 1932, on an Italian libretto)
  Thea Musgrave - Mary, Queen of Scots (premiered in 1977 in Edinburgh)
  Bain Murray - ‘’Mary Stuart, A Queen Betrayed’’ (1991) "Bain Murray, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History".
caption: Mary Queen of Scotts (c. 1578), by Nicholas Hilliard, depicts Queen Mary in captivity. She was a regular topic of 19th century European opera.
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