Donizetti's Mary, Queen of Scots
San Diego Opera, February 2008
Photographs by
Ken Howard, courtesy of San Diego Opera, USA.
The
photographs are the copyright of Ken
Howard and the
San Diego Opera.
Cast and production
Maria - Angela Gilbert (replaced by Ermonela Jaho for the opening performance due to illness)
Elizabeth - Kate Aldrich
Leicester - Yeghishe Manucharyan
Cecil - Andrew Greenan
Talbot - Reinhard Hagen
Conductor - Edoardo Müller
Director - Andrew Sinclair
Designer - Ming Cho Lee
Costumes - Ingeborg Bernerth
Lighting - Ron Vodicka
Although given an English title, the opera was sung in Italian. The sets were apparently those used for the New York City Opera production with Sills in the title role of nearly 40 years ago. Unfortunately, the Maria, Angela Gilbert, was indisposed for the opening night and was replaced by Ermonela Jaho. Overall. the opera was well received with Kate Aldrich as Elizabeth deemed a particular success although the other singers came in for a more mixed reception. For some reviews, see the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.classicalvoice.org/reviews/sdopera2008.htm#mstuarda0216 , http://www.operawarhorses.com/2008/02/17/jaho-aldrich-triumph-in-san-diego-maria-stuarda-february-16-2008/, and http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2008/03/maria-stuarda1.htm .
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Angela
Gilbert in the title role
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Kate
Aldrich as Elizabeth
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Reinhard
Hagen as Talbot and Yeghishe Manucharyan as
Leicester
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Talbot,
Leicester and Elizabeth
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The
Act 2 confrontation between Elizabeth and Maria
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Leicester,
Elizabeth and Cecil
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Elizabeth
signing the death warrant with Cecil (Andrew Greenan)
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The
final prayer
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Ken Howard/San Diego Opera