Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Compositeur (+2)

Martyn Brabbins

Mezzo-soprano (+6)

Christine Rice

Elizabeth

Ténor (+5)

Robert Murray

Robert Devereux

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Paula Murrihy

Frances

Baryton (+2)

Duncan Rock

Charles Blount

Baryton (+5)

Charles Rice

Sir Robert Cecil

Basse (+2)

David Soar

Sir Walter Raleigh

Baryton (+4)

Alex Otterburn

Henry Cuffe

Soprano (+3)

Alexandra Oomens

A Lady-in-Waiting

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Claire Barnett-Jones

A Housewife

Baryton-basse (+4)

Willard White

A Blind Ballad-Singer

Mise en scène

Mise en scène (+1)

Ruth Knight

Lumières

Lumières (+1)

Ian Jackson-French

Soprano (+1)

Eleanor Dennis

Penelope

Ténor (+1)

Nkululeko Masuku

The Spirit of the Masque

English National Opera

Chorus

ENO Chorus

Orchestra

ENO Orchestra

London Coliseum

In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, we present a rarely performed gem from Benjamin Britten’s pool of works: Gloriana.

First composed for the Coronation of our current monarch, Gloriana is presented as a concert performance, featuring the ENO Chorus and Orchestra under the baton of ENO Music Director Martyn Brabbins, and featuring a bevy of ENO favourites, such as Charles Rice, Sophie Bevan, Alexandra Oomens and Alex Otterburn.

Set in the later years of Queen Elizabeth I’s (Christine Rice) reign, Gloriana focuses on the relationship between the monarch and the Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux (Robert Murray). At first friends and confidantes, the Earl and Queen later become at odds with a series of unfortunate circumstances, including an attempted coup.

Depicting a Queen at her strongest, yet perhaps at her most human, Gloriana serves a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.

Gloriana, Britten

Distribution

Elizabeth

Robert Devereux

Frances

Charles Blount

Sir Robert Cecil

Sir Walter Raleigh

Henry Cuffe

A Lady-in-Waiting

A Housewife

A Blind Ballad-Singer

Penelope

The Spirit of the Masque

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Mise en scène

Direction d'orchestre

Lumières

Instrumentation

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Ensemble

Orchestre

Chœur

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