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Benjamin Britten, Gloriana, Op. 58
- I, 1: Prelude
- I, 1: The Tournament
- I, 1: Recitative and Fight
- I, 1: Entrance of the Queen
- I, 1: Recitative
- I, 1: The Two Lords' Explanation
- I, 1: Raleigh's Song
- I, 1: Ensemble of Reconciliation
- I, 1: Recitative and Final March
- I, 2: Prelude and Dialogue
- I, 2: The Queen's Song
- I, 2: Cecil's Song of Government
- I, 2: Recitative and Essex's Entry
- I, 2: First Lute Song
- I, 2: Second Lute Song
- I, 2: The First Duet for the Queen and Essex
- I, 2: Soliloquy and Prayer
- II, 1: Prelude and Welcome
- II, 1: The Masque
- II, 1: Finale
- II, 2: Prelude and Song
- II, 2: Duet
- II, 2: Double Duet
- II, 2: Quartet
- II, 3: Pavane
- II, 3: Conversation
- II, 3: Galliard
- II, 3: Conversation and the Queen's Entrance
- II, 3: Lavolta
- II, 3: Conversation
- II, 3: Morris Dance
- II, 3: Recitative
- II, 3: The Queen's Burlesque
- II, 3: Quartet
- II, 3: March
- II, 3: The Queen's Announcement
- II, 3: Ensemble
- II, 3: Coranto
- III, 1: Prelude and Chatter
- III, 1: Essex's Intrusion
- III, 1: The Second Duet of the Queen and Essex
- III, 1: The Dressing-Table Song
- III, 1: The Entrance of Cecil
- III, 1: Cecil's Report
- III, 1: Discussion
- III, 1: The Queen's Decision
- III, 2: Ballade - Rondo
- III, 3: Prelude and Verdict
- III, 3: Cecil's Warning
- III, 3: The Queen's Dilemma
- III, 3: Trio
- III, 3: Lady Essex's Pleading
- III, 3: Penelope Rich's Pleading
- III, 3: Epilogue

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opera Britten's Gloriana David McVicar (stage director), Ivor Bolton (conductor) — With Anna Caterina Antonacci (Queen Elizabeth I), Leonardo Capalbo (Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex), Paula Murrihy (Frances, Countess of Essex)...

David McVicar (stage director), Ivor Bolton (conductor) — With Anna Caterina Antonacci (Queen Elizabeth I), Leonardo Capalbo (Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex), Paula Murrihy (Frances, Countess of Essex)...

Britten's Gloriana David McVicar (stage director), Ivor Bolton (conductor) — With Anna Caterina Antonacci (Queen Elizabeth I), Leonardo Capalbo (Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex), Paula Murrihy (Frances, Countess of Essex)...

About

First performed in June 1953 to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana painted a nuanced and complex portrait of the new queen’s predecessor in name. 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.

David McVicar | Stage director
Robert Jones | Scenography
Brigitte Reiffenstuel | Costumes
Adam Silverman | Lighting
Colm Seery | Choreographer

Anna Caterina Antonacci | Queen Elizabeth I
Leonardo Capalbo | Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Paula Murrihy | Frances, Countess of Essex
Duncan Rock | Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
Sophie Bevan | Penelope, Lady Rich
Leigh Melrose | Sir Robert Cecil
David Soar | Sir Walter Raleigh
Benedict Nelson | Henry Cuffe

Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid
Ivor Bolton | Conductor

Program

Benjamin Britten, Gloriana, Op. 58
- I, 1: Prelude
- I, 1: The Tournament
- I, 1: Recitative and Fight
- I, 1: Entrance of the Queen
- I, 1: Recitative
- I, 1: The Two Lords' Explanation
- I, 1: Raleigh's Song
- I, 1: Ensemble of Reconciliation
- I, 1: Recitative and Final March
- I, 2: Prelude and Dialogue
- I, 2: The Queen's Song
- I, 2: Cecil's Song of Government
- I, 2: Recitative and Essex's Entry
- I, 2: First Lute Song
- I, 2: Second Lute Song
- I, 2: The First Duet for the Queen and Essex
- I, 2: Soliloquy and Prayer
- II, 1: Prelude and Welcome
- II, 1: The Masque
- II, 1: Finale
- II, 2: Prelude and Song
- II, 2: Duet
- II, 2: Double Duet
- II, 2: Quartet
- II, 3: Pavane
- II, 3: Conversation
- II, 3: Galliard
- II, 3: Conversation and the Queen's Entrance
- II, 3: Lavolta
- II, 3: Conversation
- II, 3: Morris Dance
- II, 3: Recitative
- II, 3: The Queen's Burlesque
- II, 3: Quartet
- II, 3: March
- II, 3: The Queen's Announcement
- II, 3: Ensemble
- II, 3: Coranto
- III, 1: Prelude and Chatter
- III, 1: Essex's Intrusion
- III, 1: The Second Duet of the Queen and Essex
- III, 1: The Dressing-Table Song
- III, 1: The Entrance of Cecil
- III, 1: Cecil's Report
- III, 1: Discussion
- III, 1: The Queen's Decision
- III, 2: Ballade - Rondo
- III, 3: Prelude and Verdict
- III, 3: Cecil's Warning
- III, 3: The Queen's Dilemma
- III, 3: Trio
- III, 3: Lady Essex's Pleading
- III, 3: Penelope Rich's Pleading
- III, 3: Epilogue