Gloriana
Opera in three acts
Libretto
William Plomer
Premiere
8 June 1953
Cast
QUEEN ELIZABETH I (soprano)
EARL OF ESSEX (tenor)
COUNTESS OF ESSEX (mezzo-soprano)
LORD MOUNTJOY (baritone)
PENELOPE, LADY RICH (soprano)
SIR ROBERT CECIL (baritone)
SIR WALTER RALEIGH (bass)
HENRY CUFFE (baritone)
LADY-IN-WAITING (soprano)
BLIND BALLAD SINGER (bass)
RECORDER OF NORWICH (bass)
HOUSEWIFE (mezzo-soprano)
SPIRIT OF THE MASQUE (tenor)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES (tenor)
CITY CRIER (baritone)
CHORUS
Citizens, maids of honour, ladies and gentlemen of the household, courtiers, masquers, old men, men and boys of Essex's followings, councillors
Place
England, near Plymouth
Time
1558 - 1603