Marie Stuart

Marie Stuart was an opera set in three countries and composed in five acts with a libretto by Théodore Anne, a score by Louis Niedermeyer, and choreography by Jean Coralli. This work with a complicated romantic intrigue and a large cast had its world premiere in Paris at the Royal Academy of Music on 6 December 1844. Its sets were designed by Séchan, Diéterle, Despléchin (a. 1, 4) and Philandre , Cambon (a. 2, 3, 5). The opera begins in Calais, where the English fleet is riding at anchor…