Gloriana a film

Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976 (Author). 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 (Added Author). Opus Arte (Firm) (Added Author).

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.

Item details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, c2006.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Program notes, synopsis, chapter list, and credits, all in English, French, and German (29 p. : some col. ports.) 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).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Television producers, John Wyver, Shaun Deeney; stage set and costume designer, Anthony Ward; lighting designer, Rick Fisher; choreographer, Kate Flatt.
Participant or Performer Note:	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.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Broadcast on Apr. 24, 2000.
System Details Note:	DVD 9; LPCM stereo., DTS digital surround; 16:9 anamorphic; NTSC, open to all regions.
Language Note:	In English; with English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian subtitles.