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Gloriana-4 July 2013 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Paul Daniel
Chorus Director Renato Balsadonna
Chorus Master Stephen Westrop
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Toby Spence
Henry Cuffe
A friend of Essex 		Benjamin Bevan
Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy Mark Stone
Elizabeth I, Queen of England Susan Bullock
Sir Walter Raleigh
Captain of the Guard 		Clive Bayley
Sir Robert Cecil
Secretary of the Council 		Jeremy Carpenter
Recorder of Norwich Jeremy White
Spirit of the Masque Andrew Tortise
Time Joshua Earl
Concord Bethany Pike
Penelope, Lady Rich
Sister of the Earl of Essex 		Kate Royal
Frances Devereux
Countess of Essex 		Patricia Bardon
Lady-in-waiting Nadine Livingston
Master of Ceremonies David Butt Philip
Blind Ballad-Singer Brindley Sherratt
Housewife Carol Rowlands
City Crier Michel de Souza
Schoolboys, courtiers, ladies and gentlemen, servants, masquers, townspeople, old men, followers of Essex, councillors The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Dancers
Children from Stagecoach
Children from Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
Children from various London schools
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Durations: Act I and II: 7.34-9.12pm, Act III: 9.38-10.35pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 4 July 2013 (in Royal Opera House Collections)