Britten- Benjamin - Gloriana -Blu-ray-

Product Description Gloriana came into being when Britten, Benjamin was asked to compose an opera to celebrate the Coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. He took as his starting point Lytton Stracheys Elizabeth and Essex, which had much interested him when he first re Review "Not least in the success of this admirable production is the expert work of ENO's excellent orchestra, under Mark Elder, from the magnificent brass fanfares that open the opera (and return in the important festive segments) to the colorful sound of the gittern that accompanies the balladeer's ominous outcries." --Robert Croan, Opera News, March 2016