Musgrave: Mary, Queen of Scots / Mark, Gardner, Putnam, Virginia Opera

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Label
Lyrita
Release Date
July 6, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MUSGRAVE, THEA
    • PERFORMER
      Putnam, Gardner, Virginia Opera, Mark
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 06, 2018
    • UPC
      5020926236920
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SRCD2369
    • LABEL
      Lyrita
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I Scene 1: Cardinal Beaton's Study (Cardinal Baeton, James Stewart, Chorus)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Chorus, Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Jake Gardner, Carlos Serrano

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    2. Act I Scene 2: Mary's arrival in Scotland (Mary, James Stewart, James Hepburn, Lord Gordon, Earl of Ruthven, Chorus)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Chorus, Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ashley Putnam, Jake Gardner, Barry Busse, Francesco Sorianello, Pietro Pozzo

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    3. Act I Scene 3: Peace Chorus (Chorus)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Chorus, Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    4. Act I Scene 1: Ballroom at Holyrood (Mary, Henry, James Hepburn, David Riccio, Lord Gordon, Earl of Morton, Earl of Ruthven, Chorus)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Chorus, Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ashley Putnam, Jon Garrison, Barry Busse, Kenneth Bell, Francesco Sorianello, Robert Randolph, Pietro Pozzo

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    5. Act II Scene 1: Council Scene: Provocation Scene (David Riccio, Henry, Mary, Earl of Morton, Earl of Ruthven, Chorus)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Chorus, Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ashley Putnam, Jon Garrison, Kenneth Bell, Robert Randolph, Pietro Pozzo

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    6. Act II Scene 2: Confrontation Scene (Earl of Morton, Earl of Ruthven, Henry, James Stewart, Mary)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ashley Putnam, Jake Gardner, Robert Randolph, Pietro Pozzo

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    7. Act II Scene 3: Supper Room Scene (David Riccio, Mary Seton, Mary Beaton, Mary Livingstone, Mary Fleming, Mary, Chorus)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Chorus, Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ashley Putnam, Kenneth Bell, Gloria Capone, Nancy Boling, Ann Scholten, Pamela Scott

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    8. Act II Scene 4: Second Council Scene (Earl of Morton, Earl of Ruthven, James Stewart, Lord Gordon, Mary, Chorus)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Chorus, Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ashley Putnam, Jake Gardner, Francesco Sorianello, Robert Randolph, Pietro Pozzo

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    9. Act III Scene 1: Opening - Mary's Lullaby (Mary, Mary Seton, Lord Gordon)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ashley Putnam, Francesco Sorianello, Gloria Capone

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    10. Act II Scene 2: Seduction Scene (James Hepbur, Mary, James Stewart, Lord Gordon, Chorus)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Chorus, Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ashley Putnam, Jake Gardner, Barry Busse, Francesco Sorianello

      Conductor: Peter Mark

    11. Act III Scene 3: Mary's Soliloquy: Finale (Mary, James Stewart, Earl of Ruthven, Chorus)

      Composer: Thea Musgrave

      Ensemble: Virginia Opera Chorus, Virginia Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ashley Putnam, Jake Gardner, Pietro Pozzo

      Conductor: Peter Mark


Thea Musgrave writes of her work “Mary Queen of Scots”: Mary has been a fascinating subject to work with. It was interesting and challenging to find a path through all the well-known facts about her life, in order to be able to envision her with fresh eyes and gradually to shape my own portrait of her. My interest in her as a subject was first aroused by a basic idea of Amalia Elguera, (who had written the libretto for my previous opera The Voice of Ariadne) and on whose play Moray the opera is based. Here the emphasis lies, as the title implies, on Mary’s half brother James Stewart. I soon decided that in the opera, although the chief protagonist would be James, the central character must be Mary herself.” This recording is of a live performance on 2 April, 1978 in Norfolk, Virginia, at the gala performance for the Metropolitan Opera. Lyrita is proud to present this re-issue of Mary, Queen of Scots to coincide with Thea Musgrave’s 90th Birthday celebrations.