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Gloriana : a film
Uniform Title
Gloriana.
Title
Gloriana : a film / music by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by William Plomer ; directed by Phyllida Lloyd ; an Illuminations productions for BBC Television.
Publication
Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, [2006].
Physical Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (138 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Program notes, synopsis, chapter list, and credits, all in English, French, and German (29 pages : some coloured portraits) inserted in container.
Extra features include: cast gallery; interviews with Josephine Barstow, Tom Randle, Phillida Lloyd, and Paul Daniel; Gloriana at Opera North (9:08); Elizabeth and Essex (9:40); The idea of the film (8:00); Gloriana, a film (10:13).
Television producers, John Wyver, Shaun Deeney; stage set and costume designer, Anthony Ward; lighting designer, Rick Fisher; choreographer, Kate Flatt.
Broadcast on Apr. 24, 2000.
In English; with English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian subtitles.
Summary
"Phyllida Lloyd's adaptation for film of the opera which Benjamin Britten wrote for the celebrations of the Queen's coronation in 1953, based on the Opera North revival of a work now recognized to be one of the composer's great achievements"--On container.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 27, 2014
Credits
Television producers, John Wyver, Shaun Deeney; stage set and costume designer, Anthony Ward; lighting designer, Rick Fisher; choreographer, Kate Flatt.
Performers
Josephine Barstow (Queen Elizabeth) ; Tom Randle (Earl of Essex) ; Emer McGilloway (Lady Essex) ; David Ellis (Lord Mountjoy) ; Susannah Glanville (Lady Rich) ; Eric Roberts (Sir Robert Cecil) ; Clive Bayley (Sir Walter Raleigh) ; other singers ; Chorus of Opera North ; English Northern Philharmonia ; Paul Daniel, conductor.
System details note
DVD 9; LPCM stereo., DTS digital surround; 16:9 anamorphic; NTSC, open to all regions.
Videorecording number
OA 0955 D Opus Arte
Subjects
Also listed under
Opera North. Chorus, performer.
English Northern Philharmonia, performer.
Opera North. producer.
Illuminations (Firm), producer.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Opus Arte (Firm)
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