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Mary, Queen of Scots

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Librettist
Based On

Amalia Elguera's play Moray

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
Language
English
Sung Language
English
Supertitles
English
Co-Producer
Co-Production between San Francisco Opera and English National Opera
Archive ID
SFO_2026_02

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Clelia Cafiero(SFO debut)
Director
Stewart Laing(SFO debut)
Choreographer
Production Designer
Stewart Laing(SFO debut)
Co-Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Assistant Conductor
Prompter
Musical Preparation
Diction
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Fight Director
Intimacy Director
Technical Supervisor
Costume Supervisor
Hair and Makeup

Cast

Cardinal Beaton
James Stewart, Earl of Moray
Thomas Mole(US debut; SFO debut)
Earl of Morton
Olivier Zerouali(2026 Adler Fellow)
Earl of Ruthven
Mary, Queen of Scots
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
Thomas Kinch(2026 Adler Fellow)
Mary Seton
Sadie Cheslak(2026 Adler Fellow)
Mary Beaton
Sofia Gotch(2026 Adler Fellow)
Mary Livingstone
Mary Hoskins(2026 Adler Fellow)
Mary Fleming
Alexa Frankian(2026 Adler Fellow)
Lord Gordon
Henry, Lord Darnley
David Riccio
Woman in the crowd

Show Dates

Streaming Information

On-Demand Period: Sunday, September 27 at 10am PT until Tuesday, September 29 at 10am PT.

Time and Place

A contemporary Scottish city

Scenes

ACT I
INTERMISSION
ACT II
INTERMISSION
ACT III

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by:
The Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for New Productions
Marcia Barinaga & Corey Goodman
Louise Gund
John A. & Cynthia Fry Gunn
The Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation
Marieke & Jeff Roghschild

Cleilia Cafiero's appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Conductors Fund

Additional support provided by:
Brian & Rene Hollins
Sue Graham Johnston & Eric Johnston

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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Performance scheduled for 9/20 was canceled due to an AFM/Orchestra strike. 

Soldiers, Courtiers, Lords of Congregation, and people of Edinburgh