Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor)
[ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Monday 25 November 2013
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Central to the Royal Opera's centenary celebrations marking the birth of Benjamin Britten was Richard Jones's witty and insightful new production of the royal operatic pageant that Britten wrote to honour the Coronation, exploring the late life, love and death of Queen Elizabeth I. With powerfully characterised performances by Susan Bullock as Queen Elizabeth and Toby Spence as the dashing and treacherous Earl of Essex, Gloriana is revealed as at once a celebration and a tragedy.
Commissioned by the Royal Opera House in 1953 to mark the Coronation of Elizabeth II.
Richard Jones' production is set as a 1950s parish hall performance of the Elizabethan drama.
Extra features: Inside Rehearsals, Gloriana Behind the Scenes and a cast gallery.
Running time: 180 minutes
Subtitles EN/FR/DE/JP/KO (ES AND IT TBC)
"Bullock works assiduously to encompass all the moods of this singularly complex character study, but her vibrato sometimes acquires an edge. Other parts...are finely done, and Paul Daniel paces the Covent Garden Chorus and Orchestra with conviction and flair" (BBC Music)
"At its moments of greatest drama and pathos this 2013 production is undeniably effective." (MusicWeb)
