Tragic opera in three acts
Libretto by GIUSEPPE BARDARI , after SCHILLER
Music by Donizetti (sung in English)
Knights, maids-of-honour, cour. tiers, huntsmen, officers, guards ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master HAZEL VIVIENNE ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS The action takes place in London and Fotheringhay.
Act 1: A gallery in the Palace of Westminster: Act 2: The park at Fotheringhay
3.25* Tracking Down a Forgotten Librettist: a talk by JEREMY COMMONS
3.35* Mary Stuart
Act 3 Sc 1: The Palace of Westminster; Sc 2: A guarded room in the Palace of Fotheringhay; Sc 3: The place of execution
(An English National Opera production recorded in Nov 1974 at the London Coliseum)