Opera in three acts op. 53
Revised May-Jul 1966
First performance 8 Jun 1953
Text William Plomer 1903-1973 after ``Elizabeth and Essex`` by Lytton Strachey 1880-1932
Duration 148.0`
Dedication `This work is dedicated by gracious permission to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in honour of whose Coronation it was composed`
Elizabeth I - Josephine Barstow, Essex - Philip Langridge, Lady Essex - Della Jones, Mountjoy - Jonathan Summers, Cecil - Alan Opie, Lady Penelope Rich - Yvonne Kenny, Raleigh - Richard Van Allan, Henry Cuffe - Bryn Terfel, Lady in Waiting - Janice Watson, Ballad Singer - Willard White, Recorder of Norwich - John Shirley-Quirk, Spirit of the Masque - John Mark Ainsley
Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. Decca 1993 
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