Gloriana, Op. 53, is an opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten to an English libretto by William Plomer, based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History It was written to mark the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Sarah WalkerQueen Elizabeth IAnthony Rolfe JohnsonRobert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Jean RigbyFrances, Countess of EssexNeil HowlettCharles Blount, Lord MountjoyElizabeth VaughanPenelope, Lady RichAlan OpieSir Robert CecilRichard van AllenSir Walter RaleighMalcolm DonnellyHenry CuffeLynda RussellLady-in-WaitingNorman BaileyA Blind Ballad SingerDennis WicksThe Recorder of NorwichShelagh SquiresA HousewifeAlan WoodrowMaster of CeremoniesRobert HugueninA Morris DancerLeigh MauriceThe City Crier
Jean RigbyFrances, Countess of EssexNeil HowlettCharles Blount, Lord MountjoyElizabeth VaughanPenelope, Lady RichAlan OpieSir Robert CecilRichard van AllenSir Walter RaleighMalcolm DonnellyHenry CuffeLynda RussellLady-in-WaitingNorman BaileyA Blind Ballad SingerDennis WicksThe Recorder of NorwichShelagh SquiresA HousewifeAlan WoodrowMaster of CeremoniesRobert HugueninA Morris DancerLeigh MauriceThe City Crier
