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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Sarah Walker
Queen Elizabeth I
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
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Jean Rigby
Frances, Countess of Essex
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Neil Howlett
Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
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Princess Ida
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Elizabeth Vaughan
Penelope, Lady Rich
Alan Opie
Sir Robert Cecil
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Peter Grimes
Richard van Allen
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Iolanthe
Malcolm Donnelly
Henry Cuffe
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Lynda Russell
Lady-in-Waiting
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Norman Bailey
A Blind Ballad Singer
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Dennis Wicks
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Shelagh Squires
A Housewife
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Colin Graham Director · Derek Bailey Director William Plomer Writer
First release March 1, 1984 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Channel 4 Television, ENO: English National Opera
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RM Arts
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Channel 4 Television
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ENO: English National Opera
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
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United Kingdom · March 1, 1984
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