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Photographs of the first German 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/7/3

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Photographs of the first German production of Gloriana

DateJun 1968

DescriptionThe German première took place on 25 June 1968, with further performances on 5 and 7 July in Münster, Grosses Haus, Städtische Bühnen.

Cast as follows: Queen Elizabeth I, Martha Mödl; Earl of Essex, Friedrich Kotscha; Lady Essex, Maren Bänke; Penelope Lady Rich, Edeltraud Blanke; Lord Mountjoy, Friedrich Leigemann; Sir Robert Cecil, Kurt Reinhold; Sir Walter Raleigh, Walter Schürman; Kammerfrau, Ruth Zimmy; Zeremonienmeister, Peter Jahreis; Henry Cuffe, Peter Bisang; Recorder of Norwich, Romano Nieders; Spirit of the Masque, Dieter Bundschuh; Housewife, Anne Pfirschinger; Ballad singer, Romano Nieders; City crier, Peter Jahreis. Conductor, Reinhardt Peters; producer, Erich W. Geiger; designer, Carl Wilhelm Vogel; costume designer, Hildtraud Warndorf; chorusmaster, Fritz Böllert; choreographer, Richard Adama. German translation of Plomer's libretto by Egon Waldmann.

Extent7 photographs

Physical DescriptionBlack and white

Related MaterialProgramme for 25 June 1968, containing a printed message from Benjamin Britten, is in the archive.

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7 Component Record(s)

Level	Ref.	Title	Date
Item	PHPN/7/3/1	Portrait of Martha Mödl as Gloriana	1968
Item	PHPN/7/3/2	Production photograph of Gloriana, possibly Act I scene 1	1968
Item	PHPN/7/3/3	Production photograph of Gloriana, possibly Act I scene 1	1968
Item	PHPN/7/3/4	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act II scene 2	1968
Item	PHPN/7/3/5	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act III scene 1	1968
Item	PHPN/7/3/6	Production photograph of Gloriana, Act III scene 2	1968
Item	PHPN/7/3/7	Production photograph of Gloriana, proabaly Act III scene 3	1968