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Gloriana-8 June 1953 Evening 8.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor John Pritchard
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Robert Devereux
Earl of Essex 		Peter Pears
Henry Cuffe
a satellite of Essex 		Ronald Lewis
Charles Blount
Lord Mountjoy 		Geraint Evans
Queen Elizabeth the First Joan Cross
Sir Walter Raleigh
Captain of the Guard 		Frederick Dalberg
Sir Robert Cecil
Secretary of the Council 		Arnold Matters
The Recorder of Norwich Michael Langdon
The Spirit of the Masque William McAlpine
Penelope (Lady Rich)
sister to Essex 		Jennifer Vyvyan
Frances
Countess of Essex 		Monica Sinclair
A Lady-in-Waiting Adele Leigh
The Master of Ceremonies David Tree
A Blind Ballad-Singer Inia Te Wiate
A Housewife Edith Coates
The City Crier Rhydderch Davies
Sir John Harington Leonard Law
The French Ambassador Ronald Firmager
Concord
Solo Dancer 		Svetlana Beriosova
Time
Solo Dancer 		Desmond Doyle
Morris Dancer
Solo Dancer 		Johaar Mosevaal
Citizens, Maids of Honour, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household, Courtiers, Masquers, Old Men, Men and Boys of Essex's Following, Councillors, Country Girls, Rustics and Fishermen, Pages The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Students from the Sadler's Wells Ballet School
Children from Kingsland Central School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Durations: Act I: 8.10-8.52pm, Act II: 9.17-9.45pm, Act III: 10.31-11.27pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 8 June 1953 (in Royal Opera House Collections)