“Their story remains riveting, as they fought to survive in times of enormous change, confronting the threats to their lives and their people.

“Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I are surely two of the most fascinating and colourful personalities on the historical stage,” she writes in her director’s notes. Robert Dean, who made his operatic conducting debut with Edmonton Opera in 1993, conducts.įor this Edmonton Opera production, director Maria Lamont (who directed Carmen earlier this season) is reviving her Pacific Opera production, where she framed the opera in a museum into which we are invited, and which turns into the historical settings.

He recently sung the role of Wotan in Wagner’s Ring in Strasbourg, and was impressive last year as Enrico in Edmonton Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor.Įdmonton’s Elizabeth Turnbull takes the mezzo-soprano role of Anna, Mary’s confidante. He is played by Jason Howard, who has become one of the U.K.’s best-known baritones. Against him is Sir William Cecil, Elizabeth’s adviser who is all for beheading Mary for the good of the country. Article contentĪnother up-and-coming opera singer, American bass Jordan Bisch, makes his company debut as Talbot, the Elizabethan courtier who has considerable sympathy for Mary. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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