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.
- Date of release
- 1984-03-01
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- Genres
- Music
- Director
- Derek Bailey, Colin Graham
Casting
- Sarah Walker — Queen Elizabeth I
- Anthony Rolfe Johnson — Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
- Jean Rigby — Frances, Countess of Essex
- Neil Howlett — Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
- Elizabeth Vaughan — Penelope, Lady Rich
- Alan Opie — Sir Robert Cecil
- Richard van Allen — Sir Walter Raleigh
- Malcolm Donnelly — Henry Cuffe
- Lynda Russell — Lady-in-Waiting
- Norman Bailey — A Blind Ballad Singer
- Dennis Wicks — The Recorder of Norwich
- Shelagh Squires — A Housewife
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