Gloriana (1984)
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.
Directors: Derek Bailey, Colin Graham.
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Sarah Walker as Queen Elizabeth I |
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Anthony Rolfe Johnson as Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex |
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Jean Rigby as Frances, Countess of Essex |
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Neil Howlett as Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy |
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Elizabeth Vaughan as Penelope, Lady Rich |
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Alan Opie as Sir Robert Cecil |
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Richard van Allen as Sir Walter Raleigh |
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Malcolm Donnelly as Henry Cuffe |
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Lynda Russell as Lady-in-Waiting |
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Norman Bailey as A Blind Ballad Singer |
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Dennis Wicks as The Recorder of Norwich |
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Shelagh Squires as A Housewife |
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Alan Woodrow as Master of Ceremonies |
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Robert Huguenin as A Morris Dancer |
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Leigh Maurice as The City Crier |
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Adrian Martin as The Spirit of the Masque |
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Ian Stewart as Time |
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Amanda Maxwell as Concord |
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Chorus of English National Opera as Chorus |
| Directing | Derek Bailey | Director |
| Writing | William Plomer | Writer |
| Writing | Lytton Strachey | Writer |
| Production | Colin Graham | Producer |
| Production | Robin Scott | Executive Producer |
| Art | Colin Graham | Production Design |
| Directing | Colin Graham | Director |
| Art | Alix Stone | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alix Stone | Costume Design |
| Sound | English National Opera Orchestra | Musician |
| Sound | Mark Elder | Music Director |
| Sound | Benjamin Britten | Music |
