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Features footage of the English National Opera's production of Donizetti's 'Mary Stuart', staged in 1982. Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. Read more

Starring	English Nat'l Opera Orch And Chorus, Janet Baker, Rosalind Plowright, John Tomlinson
Genres	Music/Musical

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Mary Stuart

Features footage of the English National Opera's production of Donizetti's 'Mary Stuart', staged in 1982. Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

Starring	English Nat'l Opera Orch And Chorus, Janet Baker, Rosalind Plowright, John Tomlinson, David Rendall
Studio	WARNER MUSIC VISION
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 18 mins
Certificate
Genres	Music/Musical
Released	To Rent: DVD: 30 May 2005

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  If at first you find this a bit mundane bear with it, the second half is very much better than the first. Though a bit patchy this is certainly a great opera. ... read more »
  
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  Keep Politics out of Opera!
  
  So we come full circle: an English episode of history, made into a German play by Schiller, made into an Italian opera by Donizetti, retranslated back into ... read more »
  
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  Marvellous
  
  If at first you find this a bit mundane bear with it, the second half is very much better than the first. Though a bit patchy this is certainly a great opera. ... read more »
  
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  An absolute gem
  
  This is as good as i remember. Plowright is in very good form as a haughty Elizabeth. Baker gives a performance that i think has yet to be equalled.
  
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