GENRE: Opera
RATING: NR
RUNNING TIME: 2:56
STARRING: Diana Damrau, Jamie Barton, Stephen Costello
WRITER(S): Gaetano Donizetti
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Soprano Diana Damrau, following her triumph as Violetta in last season’s new production of Verdi’s La Traviata, returns to cinemas on May 9 as the martyred Mary, Queen of Scots, in Donizetti’s bel canto showcase. Star mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton is her imperious rival Queen Elizabeth I, and the silken-voiced tenor Stephen Costello is the noble Earl of Leicester. Maurizio Benini conducts Sir David McVicar’s handsome production.