Gloriana
Music
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
Anna Caterina AntonacciQueen Elizabeth ILeonardo CapalboRobert Devereux, Earl of EssexPaula MurrihyFrances, Countess of EssexDuncan RockCharles Blount, Lord MountjoySophie BevanPenelope, Lady Rich
Leigh MelroseSir Robert CecilDavid SoarSir Walter RaleighBenedict NelsonHenry CuffeElena CoponsA Lady-in-WaitingJames CreswellA Blind Ballad-SingerSam FurnessThe Spirit of the MasqueÀlex SanmartíThe City CrierScott WildeThe Recorder of Norwhich
Itxaro MentxakaA HousewifeGerardo LopezThe Master of Ceremonies
