Gloriana1984

146 minMusic

Gloriana, Op. 53, is an opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten to an English libretto by William Plomer, based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History It was written to mark the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Director

Derek Bailey Colin Graham

Writer

William Plomer Lytton Strachey

Score

Benjamin Britten

Stars

Sarah Walker Anthony Rolfe Johnson Jean Rigby

Cast19

S
Sarah Walker
as Queen Elizabeth I
A
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
as Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Jean Rigby
as Frances, Countess of Essex
N
Neil Howlett
as Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
E
Elizabeth Vaughan
as Penelope, Lady Rich
A
Alan Opie
as Sir Robert Cecil
R
Richard van Allen
as Sir Walter Raleigh
M
Malcolm Donnelly
as Henry Cuffe
L
Lynda Russell
as Lady-in-Waiting
N
Norman Bailey
as A Blind Ballad Singer
D
Dennis Wicks
as The Recorder of Norwich
S
Shelagh Squires
as A Housewife
A
Alan Woodrow
as Master of Ceremonies
R
Robert Huguenin
as A Morris Dancer
L
Leigh Maurice
as The City Crier
A
Adrian Martin
as The Spirit of the Masque
I
Ian Stewart
as Time
A
Amanda Maxwell
as Concord
C
Chorus of English National Opera
as Chorus

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Gloriana1984

Cast19

Gloriana1984

Cast19

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