Gloriana at the ENO: a mighty musical bookend for the Queen’s 70 year reign
It was a coincidence that Gloriana followed hard on the heels of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. But the ENO has deftly marked the performance as a tribute to the late monarch.
It was a coincidence that Gloriana followed hard on the heels of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. But the ENO has deftly marked the performance as a tribute to the late monarch.
Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana will be a “must see” at the English National Opera this December. Perhaps the queues will even snake round Trafalgar Square.
“Clap, damn you, clap”! Benjamin Britten, enraged, leaned out of his box at Covent Garden and railed at the lukewarm audience response to curtain-down at
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