Gloriana
An opera in three acts
Libretto by WILLIAM PLOMER
Music by Benjamin Britten
From the Maltings, Snape
The action takes place during the later years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
See page 37
ACT 1
3.40 ACT 2
4.45 ACT 3
During the Intervals
First interval (3.20*-3.40*)
† WILLIAM PLOMER , the librettist of Gloriana, reminisces about the origin of the opera
Second interval (4.25*-4.45*)
Byrd Pavan and Galliard Fantasia No. 2 a 6 Miserere
Fantasia No. 3 a 3 THE LEONHARDT CONSORT
gramophone record