Storyline
Performed at Madrid's historic Teatro Real in 2018, Ivor Bolton conducts Benjamin Britten's opera based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History. In her repeated clashes with the Earl of Essex-a longtime favorite of the queen who was ultimately put to death for treason-Elizabeth I is depicted as flawed and vain, human and sympathetic.
Cast & Crew
Anna Caterina Antonacci
Queen Elizabeth I
LeadLC
Leonardo Capalbo
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
PM
Paula Murrihy
Frances, Countess of Essex
DR
Duncan Rock
Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
SB
Sophie Bevan
Penelope, Lady Rich
Leigh Melrose
Sir Robert Cecil
DS
David Soar
Sir Walter Raleigh
BN
Benedict Nelson
Henry Cuffe
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stéphane Lebard's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
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“Every frame feels alive. Gloriana is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
