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This title is for centering. This title is for centering. This title is for centering. This title is for centering. This title is for centering. This title is for centering. This title is for centering. This title is for centering. Sponsor The official sponsor of [your opera] Please unwrap candies and turn off cell phones at this time. Photography or recording of any kind is strictly prohibited. Supertitles provided by Chadwick Creative Arts Let us await her here. She is close by, and will soon return from the jousting. The Queen of the Britons is the joy of every heart. How happy will the day be that brings her to noble love. Yes, when she is married to the splendor of France, the star of Albion shall shin even more beautifully than before. We will celebrate and admire the power of love! Yes, the King of France wants the English throne along with my heart. I still have doubts about accepting this exalted invitation. But, if I must get married for the good of my faithful Britons, my hand shall rule the destinies of both France and England. When a chaste love from Heaven leads me to the altar, another heart steals my precious freedom from me! And while I see a fatal barrier rising between us, my soul cannot smile upon another love. And will Mary Stuart's solitary laments disturb the merriment of that happy day? Mercy on Mary Stuart! Enough! I did not expect the happiness of this day to be disturbed. Why must I weep over the sad fate of that guilty woman? - Send to the axe the head that brings deadly fears, tragic discord… - Mercy! - …even in chains, with the fire of love! - Silence! I cannot yet decide. May a ray to illuminate my mind descend from Heaven. Perhaps then clemency will speak in this breast. But if that wretched woman has robbed me of every hope in my heart, then the day of vengeance shall not be long to arrive! Let the fair heart of Elizabeth follow our words of mercy. Remember, Elizabeth, that any pity is damaging. May a ray to illuminate my mind descend from Heaven. Perhaps then clemency will speak in this breast. But if that wretched woman has robbed me of every hope in my heart, then the day of vengeance shall not be long to arrive!