Britten's Gloriana

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Britten's_Gloriana
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Elizabeth_and_Essex:_A_Tragic_History_by_Lytton_Strachey
gptkbp:commissionedBy coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:duration about 2 hours 30 minutes
gptkbp:firstElizabethI gptkb:Joan_Cross
gptkbp:firstEssex gptkb:Peter_Pears
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:John_Pritchard
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:William_Plomer
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Choral_Dances
gptkb:The_Lute_Song
gptkbp:numberOfActs three
gptkbp:premiereDate 8 June 1953
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_London
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Boosey_&_Hawkes
gptkbp:setInPeriod late 16th century
gptkbp:setting gptkb:England
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkb:Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Independent_Opera
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Britten's Gloriana