Gloriana [videorecording] / music, Benjamin Britten libretto, William Plomer director, Richard Jones directed for the screen by Robin Lough a Royal Opera House production.

London : Opus Arte, [2013]
Added to CLICnet on 10/13/2014

Opera in three acts.
Sung in English, with optional English, French, German, Japanese and Korean subtitles.
Title from container.
Susan Bullock (Elizabeth) Toby Spence (Earl of Essex) Mark Stone (Lord Mountjoy) Clive Bayley (Sir Walter Raleigh) Jeremy Carpenter (Sir Robert Cecil) Kate Royal (Lady Rich) Patricia Bardon (Countess of Essex) supporting soloists Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Paul Daniel, conductor.
Designs, Ultz lighting design, Mimi Jordan Sherin choreography, Lucy Burge.
Recorded June 24, 2013 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
DVD NTSC sound formats LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 picture format 16:9 all regions.
Special features: An introduction to Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana (13:00) Britten’s Aldeburgh cast gallery.
Program notes and synopsis in English, French and German (27 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
The opera explores the last years of Queen Elizabeth I, focusing in particular on her troubled and complex relationship with the hot-headed young Earl of Essex. –Container.

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Requested by Klemp, M.

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