Details

Donizetti's opera explores Schiller's account of a meeting between Elizabeth and her royal rival, Mary Stuart, who is imprisoned at Fotheringay. Their mutual hostility and exchange of insults leads to Elizabeth ordering the execution of Mary in front of Leicester, who has begged for clemency. New Production

Cast/Performers

Adina Nitescu (Queen Elizabeth), Judith Howarth (Mary Stuart), Bruce Sledge (Leicester), Alastair Miles (Talbot), Gary Griffiths (Cecil)

Creatives/Company

Music: Donizetti
Company: Welsh National Opera
Conductor(s): Graeme Jenkins (until Nov 7), Robin Newton (from Nov 14)
Director: Rudolf Frey
Design: Madeleine Boyd
Lighting: Matthew Haskin
Choreographer: Maxine Braham