ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance

Heidi Stober (Mary)

Mary, Queen of Scots

Alex Otterburn (James) and Heidi Stober (Mary)

By Nick Boston, 16 February 2025

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“Stober... utterly nailed the sense of Mary’s doomed attempts to stand alone”

Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 15 February 2025

Musgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots

English National Opera

Joana Carneiro, Conductor

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Heidi Stober, Mary, Queen of Scotland

Alex Otterburn, James Stewart, Earl of Moray

Ru Charlesworth, Lord Darnley

John Findon, Earl of Bothwell

Barnaby Rea, David Riccio

Darren Jeffery, Cardinal Beaton

Alastair Miles, Lord Gordon

Ronald Samm, Earl of Ruthven

Jolyon Loy, Earl of Morton

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.