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. This
live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series,
bringing opera to more than 2,200 theaters in more than 70 countries worldwide.
Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund