An opera in three acts
Libretto by William Plomer
Music by Benjamin Britten

Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra
(Leader, Charles Taylor)
Conducted by John Pritchard
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
(by arrangement with the Covent Garden Opera Trust)
(Previously broadcast on June 8)
The action takes place during the later years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Act 1
Sc. 1: Outside a tilting ground
Sc. 2: The Queen's ante-room in the Palace of Nonesuch