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Mary, Queen of Scots

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Librettist
Based On

Amalia Elguera's play Moray

Company
Spring Opera Theater
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
Curran Theatre
Season
1979
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Musical Preparation
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant to Mr. Farrar

Cast

Cardinal Beaton
James Stewart, Earl of Moray
Earl of Morton
Earl of Ruthven
Mary, Queen of Scots
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
Mary Seton
Mary Beaton
Mary Livingstone
Mary Fleming
Lord Gordon
Henry, Lord Darnley
David Riccio

Show Dates

Time and Place

1561 to 1568 in Edinburgh, Scotland

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Cardinal Beaton's study. Edinburgh, August 1561
Act I, Scene 2 -- Mary's arrival: the port at Leith
Act I, Scene 3 -- A street outside the palace at Edinburgh
Act I, Scene 4 -- The ballroom of Holyrood palace
Act II, Scene 1 -- The council chamber at Holyrood
Act II, Scene 2 -- Mary's supper room
Act II, Scene 3 -- The council chamber
Act II, Scene 4 -- A street outside the palace
Act III, Scene 1 -- Mary's supper room
Act III, Scene 2 -- A street

Media

Acknowledgements

(For sponsors, see notes)

Notes

West Coast premiere

Sets from Virginia Opera Association, Inc.

Costumes from Scottish Opera

Organ courtesy of St. Regis & Leuenberger Pianos and Organs

The presentation of this production has been made possible by generous gifts from:
American Airlines
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Donnell
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Driscoll
Mr. and Mrs. A. Barlow Ferguson
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Fromm
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Haas
Mr. and Mrs. Otto E. Meyer
John Paul Patania
Eleanor Pinkham
Pocasset Foundation
Mrs. Harriet Meyer Quarré
Dr. and Mrs. Alan J. Rosenberg
James H. Schwabacher, Jr.