Organization

Singer

Soprano

Susan Bullock

Elizabeth I

Tenor

Toby Spence

Earl of Essex

Patricia Bardon

Frances Devereux

Baritone

Mark Stone

Lord Montjoy

Kate Royal

Lady Rich

Peter Coleman-Wright

Cecil

Bass

Clive Bayley

Raleigh

Ben Bevan

Henry Cuffe

Brindley Sherratt

Blind Ballad Singer

Conductor

Paul Daniel

Stage director

Richard Jones

Royal Opera House

Gloriana

London

United Kingdom

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Soprano, Susan Bullock, tells us about playing Elizabeth I in Benjamin Britten's Gloriana.  Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/glo...


Benjamin Britten's Gloriana was commissioned by the Royal Opera House to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953. William Plomer drew on Lytton Strachey's Elizabeth and Essex to create the libretto, which artfully combines modern and archaic forms of English. Britten's score is similarly diverse: it mixes the sounds and manners of Tudor England -- from lute songs to courtly dances -- with the composer's own distinctive style.

Moving from the pomp of state ceremony to the intimacy of the Queen's private rooms, Gloriana depicts the public and private faces of the Virgin Queen, and the deterioration of her relationship with the impulsive Earl of Essex. Director Richard Jones is known at the Royal Opera House for his characterful interpretations of Il trittico, The Gambler and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.

Gloriana: Susan Bullock on playing Queen Elizabeth I (The Royal Opera)

Gloriana by Britten, From (2013/2013), Directed by Richard Jones,, Conductor Paul Daniel, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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