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2018
2h 44m
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.
Directed by Stéphane Lebard

Anna Caterina Antonacci
Queen Elizabeth ILeonardo Capalbo
Robert Devereux, Earl of EssexPaula Murrihy
Frances, Countess of EssexDuncan Rock
Charles Blount, Lord MountjoySophie Bevan
Penelope, Lady Rich
Leigh Melrose
Sir Robert CecilDavid Soar
Sir Walter RaleighBenedict Nelson
Henry CuffeElena Copons
A Lady-in-WaitingJames Creswell
A Blind Ballad-SingerSam Furness
The Spirit of the MasqueÀlex Sanmartí
The City CrierScott Wilde
The Recorder of Norwhich
Itxaro Mentxaka
A HousewifeGerardo Lopez
The Master of CeremoniesDan Thomas
VihuelaStatus
Released
Release date
January 1, 2018
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Language
English