Release Date
22 Apr, 2000
Runtime
02:18: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Phyllida Lloyd's acclaimed adaptation for film of the opera that Benjamin Britten wrote for the celebrations of the Queen's coronation in 1953, based on the Opera North revival of a work now recognised to be one of the composer's great achievements. Paul Daniel conducts the English Northern Sinfonia, with a cast inspired by electrifying performances from Josephine Barstow and Tom Randall as Elizabeth I and Essex.
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Josephine Barstow
Benjamin Britten
Phyllida Lloyd