Prelude

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: Let us wait here (Voice, Chorus)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: Yes, but the French Prince is seeking … (Elizabeth)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: If fortune one day should send to me … (Elizabeth)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: In this moment of rejoicing (Talbot, Elizabeth, Cecil, Chorus)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: John Tomlinson, Rosalind Plowright, Alan Opie

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: May the light of wisdom and justice (Elizabeth, Cecil, Chorus)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright, Alan Opie

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: But, where is the Earl of Leicester? (Elizabeth, Cecil, Leicester)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright, Alan Opie, David Rendall

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: Did you not ask to see me, earlier today? (Leicester, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: David Rendall, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: I remember these lovely features (Leicester, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: David Rendall, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: If she dare trust in me (Leicester, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: David Rendall, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: Do I disturb you? (Elizabeth, Leicester)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright, David Rendall

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: How affecting … Is she relenting? (Elizabeth, Leicester)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright, David Rendall

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: When I first looked upon her face (Elizabeth, Leicester)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright, David Rendall

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act I: My arrogant rival has long sought to rob me (Elizabeth, Leicester)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright, David Rendall

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: Why run so fast, my lady? (Hannah, Mary)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Angela Bostock, Janet Baker

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: You murmuring breezes … (Mary)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: What tumult! Those voices! (Mary, Hannah, Chorus)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, Angela Bostock

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: In the peace of my gloomy seclusion (Mary, Hannah, Ladies)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, Angela Bostock

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: Ah! May this joy not deceive me (Mary, Leicester)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, David Rendall

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: Long by the world forsaken (Mary, Leicester)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, David Rendall

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: All too well I surely know her! Ah! Though my spirit never faltered (Mary, Leicester)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, David Rendall

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: What place is this then? (Elizabeth, Leicester, Cecil, Talbot, Mary)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright, David Rendall, Alan Opie, John Tomlinson, Janet Baker

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: Report has not failed me (Elizabeth, Mary, Talbot, Hannah, Leicester, Cecil)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosalind Plowright, Janet Baker, John Tomlinson, Angela Bostock, David Rendall, Alan Opie

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: Bid her welcome! (Leicester, Elizabeth, Talbot, Mary)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: David Rendall, Rosalind Plowright, John Tomlinson, Janet Baker

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: Dead to justice, throne and kingdom (Mary, Cecil, Elizabeth, Leicester, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, Alan Opie, Rosalind Plowright, David Rendall, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act II: Go, prepare yourself for sentence (Mary, Cecil, Elizabeth, Leicester, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, Alan Opie, Rosalind Plowright, David Rendall, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 1: Still pensive? Still delaying? (Cecil, Elizabeth)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alan Opie, Rosalind Plowright

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 1: While she's living I'm still in danger (Cecil, Elizabeth)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alan Opie, Rosalind Plowright

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 1: Your Highness! You do but speed her execution (Leicester, Elizabeth, Cecil)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: David Rendall, Rosalind Plowright, Alan Opie

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 1: You have conspired a sister's death (Leicester, Elizabeth, Cecil)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: David Rendall, Rosalind Plowright, Alan Opie

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 2: Elizabeth will continue to mock and insult me (Mary, Cecil)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, Alan Opie

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 2: Oh faithful Talbot! (Mary, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 2: Once all the radiant joys of youth (Mary, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 2: There still remains another charge (Mary, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 2: No, I never turned from my Saviour (Mary, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 2: Go leave this world of grief behind (Mary, Talbot)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, John Tomlinson

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 3: You saw them? (Chorus)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 3: Hannah! Do not disturb her (Hannah, Mary, Chorus)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Angela Bostock, Janet Baker

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 3: Oh, deign to hear our prayer, merciful Saviour! (Hannah, Mary, Chorus)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Angela Bostock, Janet Baker

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 3: The signal (All, Cecil, Mary)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Alan Opie, Janet Baker, John Tomlinson, David Rendall, Angela Bostock, Rosalind Plowright

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 3: Death hovers near me, so take my pardon (Mary, Hannah, Talbot, Cecil, Chorus)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, Angela Bostock, John Tomlinson, Alan Opie

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 3: Leicester approaches (Talbot, Mary, Leicester, Cecil)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: John Tomlinson, Janet Baker, David Rendall, Alan Opie

Conductor: Charles Mackerras

Act III Scene 3: Though you once made a vow to protect me (Mary, Leicester, Talbot, Hannah, Chorus, Cecil)

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra

Performer: Janet Baker, David Rendall, John Tomlinson, Angela Bostock, Alan Opie

Conductor: Charles Mackerras