Gloriana (Mon 24 Jun 2013)
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This important new staging of Gloriana marks three major anniversaries: 60 years since the
Queen’s Coronation, 60 years since the opera’s premiere at the Royal Opera House, and
the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth.
Britten’s portrait of the public and private faces of Elizabeth I is a brilliant depiction of the
Tudor court and the tension between affairs of state and affairs of the heart. Focusing on
Elizabeth’s relationship with the young Earl of Essex, Gloriana captures the dichotomy
between the public image of the Virgin Queen and her seething personal feelings – a
familiar dichotomy in these days of celebrity-worship and media scrutiny.
Award-winning director Richard Jones (Il trittico, Anna Nicole) directs a Gloriana for our
time, framing the depiction of the 16th-century Queen in a setting that re-creates the
excitement of our own Queen’s Coronation year. A superlative British cast brings to life
this under-appreciated gem, a unique tribute both to the nation’s monarch and to its
greatest opera composer.
Cast
- Queen Elizabeth I Susan Bullock
- Countess of Essex Patricia Bardon
- Lady Rich Kate Royal
- Sir Walter Raleigh Clive Bayley
- Earl of Essex Toby Spence
- Lord Mountjoy Mark Stone
- Sir Robert Cecil Jeremy Carpenter
Credits
- Music Benjamin Britten
- Royal Opera Chorus
- Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
- Conductor Paul Daniel
- Director Richard Jones
Details
Gloriana (Mon 24 Jun 2013)
Featuring: Susan Bullock as Queen Elizabeth I & Toby Spence as Earl of Essex
Duration: 3:00 (including two intervals)
