Gloriana
Music
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.
Directed by Derek Bailey
CAST
The people behind the story
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Sarah WalkerQueen Elizabeth I—
Anthony Rolfe JohnsonRobert Devereux, Earl of Essex
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Neil HowlettCharles Blount, Lord Mountjoy—
Elizabeth VaughanPenelope, Lady Rich—
Alan OpieSir Robert Cecil—
Richard van AllenSir Walter Raleigh—
Malcolm DonnellyHenry CuffeMore like this
