Gloriana
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March 1, 1984
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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.
Featured Crew
Derek Bailey
Director
William Plomer
Writer
Lytton Strachey
Writer
Cast
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
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