Britten's Gloriana

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Britten's_Gloriana

GPTKB entity

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
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Britten's Gloriana