Synopsis
Performed at Madrid's historic Teatro Real in 2018, Ivor Bolton conducts Benjamin Britten's opera based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History. In her repeated clashes with the Earl of Essex-a longtime favorite of the queen who was ultimately put to death for treason-Elizabeth I is depicted as flawed and vain, human and sympathetic.
Cast
Leonardo CapalboRobert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Paula MurrihyFrances, Countess of Essex
Duncan RockCharles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
Sophie BevanPenelope, Lady Rich
David SoarSir Walter Raleigh
Benedict NelsonHenry Cuffe
Elena CoponsA Lady-in-Waiting
James CreswellA Blind Ballad-Singer
Sam FurnessThe Spirit of the Masque
Àlex SanmartíThe City Crier
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