Britten Pears Arts Integrated Catalogue - Archive

Photographs of the original production of Gloriana

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Level	Ref.	Title
Collection	PHPN	Photographs of productions
Section	PHPN/7	Production photographs of Britten's...

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ReferencePHPN/7/1

Title

Photographs of the original production of Gloriana

Date1953

DescriptionThe gala premiere was given on 8 June 1953 at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Subsequent performances took place on 11, 13 June, 2, 4 July 1953; 29 January, 2 and 16 February 1954.
The cast was as follows: Queen Elizabeth I, Joan Cross; Earl of Essex, Peter Pears; Lady Essex, Monica Sinclair; Lord Mountjoy, Geraint Evans; Penelope Lady Rich, Jennifer Vyvyan; Sir Robert Cecil, Arnold Matters; Sir Walter Raleigh, Frederick Dalberg; Henry Cuffe, Ronald Lewis; Lady-in-Waiting, Adèle Leigh; Blind Ballad-singer, Inia Te Wiata; Recorder of Norwich, Michael Langdon; Housewife, Edith Coates; Spirit of the Masque, William McAlpine; Master of Cermonies, David Tree; City Crier, Rhydderch Davies; Time, Desmond Doyle; Concord, Svetlana Beriosova. Conductor, John Pritchard; producer, Basil Coleman; designer, John Piper; choreographer, John Cranko.

Photographs PHPN/7/1/1 – PHPN/7/1/33 are fixed in an album, inside the front cover of which is inscribed 'For Ben and Peter/ A record in miniature of a great event/ with homage and best wishes from Roger [Wood] Xmas 1954'.

Some photographs of preparation and rehearsal for the gala production are also in this series.

Extent53 photographs

Physical DescriptionBlack and white

Related MaterialFurther photographs of the original production of Gloriana are held by the Royal Opera House archive - see http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/.

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54 Component Record(s)

Level	Ref.	Title	Date
Item	PHPN/7/1/1	Photograph of participants in Gloriana premiere	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/2	Photograph of participants in Gloriana premiere	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/3	Photograph of participants in Gloriana premiere	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/4	Photograph of participants in Gloriana premiere	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/5	Photograph of a rehearsal for the premiere of Gloriana in Covent Garden crush bar	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/6	Photograph of a rehearsal for the premiere of Gloriana in Covent Garden crush bar	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/7	Photograph of a rehearsal for the premiere of Gloriana in Covent Garden crush bar	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/8	Benjamin Britten and John Pritchard during rehearsals for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/9	Photograph of a rehearsal for the premiere of Gloriana in Covent Garden crush bar	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/10	Photograph of a rehearsal for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/11	Orchestral rehearsal for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/12	Photograph of preparation for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/13	Photograph of preparation for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/14	Photograph of preparation for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/15	Photograph of rehearsals for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/16	Photograph of rehearsals for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/17	Photograph of rehearsals for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/18	Photograph of rehearsals for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/19	Photograph of rehearsals for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/20	Photograph of rehearsals for the premiere of Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/21	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act I scene 1	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/22	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act I scene 1	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/23	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act I scene 2	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/24	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act I scene 2	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/25	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 1	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/26	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 2	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/27	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 3	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/28	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 3	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/29	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act III scene 1	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/30	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act III scene 2	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/31	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act III scene 3	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/32	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act III scene 3	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/33	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act III scene 3	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/34	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act I scene 1	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/35	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act I scene 1	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/36	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act I scene 1	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/37	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 1	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/38	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 2	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/39	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 2	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/40	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 3	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/41	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 3	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/42	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 3	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/43	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act III scene 1	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/44	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act III scene 3	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/45	Portrait of Joan Cross as Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/46	Portrait of Joan Cross as Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/47	Portrait of Joan Cross as Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/48	Portrait of Joan Cross as Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/49	Portrait of Joan Cross as Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/50	Portrait of Joan Cross as Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/51	Portrait of Joan Cross as Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/52	Portrait of Joan Cross as Gloriana	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/53	Group of boys in Elizabethan costume	1953
Item	PHPN/7/1/54	Photograph of preparations for the premiere of Gloriana	1953