Gloriana

The story

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 AntonacciQueen Elizabeth I

Leonardo Capalbo

Leonardo CapalboRobert Devereux, Earl of Essex

Paula Murrihy

Paula MurrihyFrances, Countess of Essex

Duncan Rock

Duncan RockCharles Blount, Lord Mountjoy

Sophie Bevan

Sophie BevanPenelope, Lady Rich

Leigh MelroseSir Robert Cecil

David Soar

David SoarSir Walter Raleigh

Benedict Nelson

Benedict NelsonHenry Cuffe

Elena Copons

Elena CoponsA Lady-in-Waiting

James Creswell

James CreswellA Blind Ballad-Singer

Sam Furness

Sam FurnessThe Spirit of the Masque

Àlex Sanmartí

Àlex SanmartíThe City Crier