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Gloriana at The National Theatre

Dates: (2/11/2014 - 2/16/2014 )

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The National Theatre


Ostrovní 1
Praha 1,Praha 1 112 30

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Running Time: 3 hours and 5 minutes, 2 intermissions

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“If life were just love and if love were true, I would love you till my dying day...” So told Elizabeth I, the central character of Britten’s opera, her favourite and confidant Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. Her words render the bitter paradox of a woman who fully gave herself up to her royal mission, who is loved by her subjects as Queen “Gloriana” yet is at the same time always surrounded by feuding courtiers and constantly facing the threat of war or rebellion and aware that her life and that which we call happiness slips between her fingers. For his opera, Benjamin Britten chose a refined form, alternating mass, even pompous scenes with extremely intimate pictures. Tenderness and amorous passion grows in the characters’ souls alongside perfidy and the vain yearning for power. At the same time, owing to numerous musical reminiscences – above all, in songs and court dances – Britten’s opera pulsates with the attractive atmosphere of Renaissance England. The world premiere of Gloriana took place in London in 1953 during the celebrations marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Other Britten operas have been staged in our theatres, but the National Theatre production is the work’s Czech premiere.

Cast and Creative team for Gloriana at The National Theatre

Libretto: William Plomer
Musical preparation: Zbyn?k Müller
Conductor: Zbyn?k Müller, Jan Chalupecký
Stage director: Ji?í He?man
Sets: Pavel Svoboda
Costumes: Alexandra Grusková
Choreography: Jan Kodet
Chorus master: Pavel Van?k
Chorus master of the Kühn's Children's Choir: Ji?í Chvála
Dramaturgy: Ond?ej Hu?ín
Light-design: Daniel Tesa?

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