Performer: Heather Lupton

Opera Seria continues to amaze with a fiery production of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda.

Lust, betrayal, beheadings. The words appeared prominently in the publicity for Opera Seria’s debut production of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, bringing Horrible Histories fleetingly to mind, but they do sum up the plot of one of the composer’s greatest works rather well.