Musgrave / Sorianello / Serrano: Queen of Scots

Jon Garrison: Queen of Scots - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Queen of Scots

Artist:

Jon Garrison

Label:

Lyrita

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5020926236920

Genre:

Classical

Sub Genre:

Opera/Operetta

Release Date:

2018-07-06

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

2 PACK

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.

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