| Description |
1 videocassette (138 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Physical Medium |
1/2 in. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
analog |
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magnetic |
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VHS |
| Note |
Opera in 3 acts. |
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Libretto by Giuseppe Bardari; English translation by Tom Hammond. |
| Performer |
Janet Baker (Mary Stuart); Rosalind Plowright (Queen Elizabeth I); David Rendall (Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester); John Tomlinson (George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury); Alan Opie (Sir William Cecil); Angela Bostock (Hannah Kennedy); Leigh Maurice (Garter King at Arms); Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor. |
| Credits |
Producer, John Copley; directed for videogram and television by Peter Butler. |
| Note |
Produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation in association with the National Video Corporation, Ltd. |
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Hi-fi, stereo., Dolby. |
| System Details |
VHS format. |
| Note |
Synopsis and libretto in English (15 p.) inserted. |
| Summary |
"Mary [Queen of Scots] portrays a memorable range of human emotion in the scenes leading to her execution--optimism, regret, love, remorse, despair--and in the climactic scene of the fictitious encounter with her persecutor, Elizabeth I, the royal pride and defiance that are her undoing."--Container. |
| Language |
Sung in English; originally in Italian. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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| Subject |
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 -- Drama.
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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Bardari, Giuseppe, librettist.
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Hammond, Tom, translator.
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Baker, Janet, performer.
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Plowright, Rosalind, performer.
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Rendall, David, performer.
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Opie, Alan, performer.
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Bostock, Angela, performer.
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Maurice, Leigh, performer.
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Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22- performer.
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Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010, conductor.
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Copley, John, 1933- producer.
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Butler, Peter (Television director), director.
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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Maria Stuarda. English.
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English National Opera, performer.
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Thorn EMI Video (Firm)
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HBO Video (Firm)
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NVC Arts (Firm)
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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National Video Corporation.
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| Music No. |
TVE 3396 Thorn EMI/HBO Video |
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