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Title Gloriana : a film / music by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by William Plomer ; directed by Phyllida Lloyd ; an Illuminations productions for BBC Television.

Publication Info. Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, [2006]
©2006

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 Moore Video  M1503 .B778g 2006    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
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 Talbott Media  DVD 440  Booklet    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
mixed
LPCM
NTSC
video file
DVD video
all regions
System Details DVD 9; LPCM stereo., DTS digital surround; 16:9 anamorphic; NTSC, open to all regions.
Performer 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.
Credits Television producers, John Wyver, Shaun Deeney; stage set and costume designer, Anthony Ward; lighting designer, Rick Fisher; choreographer, Kate Flatt.
Event Broadcast on Apr. 24, 2000.
Note Program notes, synopsis, chapter list, and credits, all in English, French, and German (29 pages : some color portraits) inserted in container.
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.
Note 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).
Language In English; with English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian subtitles.
Subject Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Drama.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Operas -- Film adaptations.
Operas -- Film adaptations.
Genre/Form Made-for-TV movies.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Film adaptations.
Added Author Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Gloriana.
Lloyd, Phyllida, director, interviewee.
Plomer, William, 1903-1973, librettist.
Barstow, Josephine, performer, interviewee.
Randle, Thomas, performer, interviewee.
McGilloway, Emer, performer.
Ellis, David (Baritone), performer.
Glanville, Susannah, 1964- performer.
Roberts, Eric, 1944- performer.
Bayley, Clive, performer.
Daniel, Paul, 1958- conductor, interviewee.
Wyver, John, producer.
Deeney, Shaun, producer.
Ward, Anthony, designer.
Fisher, Rick, lighting designer.
Flatt, Kate, choreographer.
Opera North. Chorus, performer.
English Northern Philharmonia, performer.
Opera North, production personnel.
Illuminations (Firm), production personnel.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Opus Arte (Firm)
Standard No. 809478009559
Music No. OA 0955 D Opus Arte