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- Thea Musgrave
Mary, Queen of Scots (chamber version) (2016)
- Novello & Co Ltd (World)
An arrangement produced by the composer of her 1977 grand opera
A reduced version of Musgrave's 1977 opera Mary, Queen of Scots. This version is shorter in duration, contains fewer lead singers and has no chorus.
- 1(pic)1(ca)1(bcl)1/1100/timp.perc/syn/str(1.0.1.1.0)
- 3 Baritones, 2 Sopranos, 3 Tenors, 2 Bass-Baritones
- 1 hr 45 min
Programme Note
CAST
Mary, Queen of Scots (Soprano)
James Stewart (Baritone)
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell (Tenor)
Henry, Lord Darney (Tenor)
David Riccio (Bass-Baritone)
COMPRIMARIO
Cardina Beaton / Lord Gordon (Bass-Baritone)
Earl of Morton (Baritone)
Earl of Ruthven (Tenor)
Mary Seton (Soprano)
Monk/Onlooker/Bothwell's Soldier/Lord (Baritone)
SUPERS
Three 'other' Mary. 2/3 Courtiers for the supper room scene. 2/3 soldiers of Bothwell. Lord in Act 1 Scene 2, Act 2 Scene 4 and the supper room scene. Act 3 needs a big crowd, one in which Riccio, Darnlet, Bothwell, Morton, Ruthven, Mary Seton and 'Lord' can be hidden.
SET
The set must allow for fluidity of action since all the scenes are continuous. There should be upper and lower levels. Perhaps Mannequins could be used for the crowd at the end of the opera.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
Edinburgh, 1561-1568
Mary, Catholic Queen of Scotland and widowed Queen of France, has been invited by the Protestant Lords to return and assume the Scottish crown. The opera concentrates on halfbrother, James Stewart. Mary’s personality is expressed through the different situations in which she finds herself – her marriage to Darnley; her stormy relationship with Bothwell; and her confrontation with her brother. In each she vies with the other to win the favour of the Lords of the Council and the allegiance of the people so as to have ultimate power and control. It is a struggle to the death.
Mary, Queen of Scots (Soprano)
James Stewart (Baritone)
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell (Tenor)
Henry, Lord Darney (Tenor)
David Riccio (Bass-Baritone)
COMPRIMARIO
Cardina Beaton / Lord Gordon (Bass-Baritone)
Earl of Morton (Baritone)
Earl of Ruthven (Tenor)
Mary Seton (Soprano)
Monk/Onlooker/Bothwell's Soldier/Lord (Baritone)
SUPERS
Three 'other' Mary. 2/3 Courtiers for the supper room scene. 2/3 soldiers of Bothwell. Lord in Act 1 Scene 2, Act 2 Scene 4 and the supper room scene. Act 3 needs a big crowd, one in which Riccio, Darnlet, Bothwell, Morton, Ruthven, Mary Seton and 'Lord' can be hidden.
SET
The set must allow for fluidity of action since all the scenes are continuous. There should be upper and lower levels. Perhaps Mannequins could be used for the crowd at the end of the opera.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
Edinburgh, 1561-1568
Mary, Catholic Queen of Scotland and widowed Queen of France, has been invited by the Protestant Lords to return and assume the Scottish crown. The opera concentrates on halfbrother, James Stewart. Mary’s personality is expressed through the different situations in which she finds herself – her marriage to Darnley; her stormy relationship with Bothwell; and her confrontation with her brother. In each she vies with the other to win the favour of the Lords of the Council and the allegiance of the people so as to have ultimate power and control. It is a struggle to the death.
Scores
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3