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.
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Anthony Rolfe Johnson as Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Jean Rigby as Frances, Countess of Essex
Neil Howlett as Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
Alan Opie as Sir Robert Cecil
Richard van Allen as Sir Walter Raleigh
Norman Bailey as A Blind Ballad Singer
Dennis Wicks as The Recorder of Norwich
Shelagh Squires as A Housewife
Alan Woodrow as Master of Ceremonies
Amanda Maxwell as Concord
Derek Bailey Director
William Plomer Writer
Lytton Strachey Writer
Colin Graham Producer
Robin Scott Executive Producer
Colin Graham Production Design
Colin Graham Director
Alix Stone Production Design
Alix Stone Costume Design
Mark Elder Music Director
United Kingdom 01 March 1984
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