[Director， Richard Jones] paints the picture with a delicate brush and an affectionate humour which also allows deeper emotion to shine through: his staging of the apotheosis in which reality dissolves into a hallucinatory newsreel is both moving and surprising. Paul Daniel conducts considerately， and there are notably strong contributions from the lower voices of Mark Stone (Mountjoy)， Clive Bayley (Raleigh)， Brindley Sherratt (Ballad Singer) and Jeremy Carpenter (Cecil). (The Daily Telegraph) "The pleasure of the piece lies in the music's unexpected flashes of beauty， in its ironical foreshadowings of A Midsummer Night's Dream， and above all in the community masque which Lucy Burge's choreography and Ultz's visual wit make both comic and touching. And what performances we get: Susan Bullock is an awe-inspiring Gloriana - imperious， perverse， tormented ? while Toby Spence， as Essex， has regained all his pristine vocal lustre. Mark Stone's Mountjoy， Clive Bayley's Raleigh， and Andrew Tortise's Spirit of the Masque are each outstanding. Covent Garden has now shown that Gloriana is， if not a great work， certainly one of the most intriguing in the canon." (The Independent) "The conductor's reading was ravishingly shaped， though， and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House communicated colours with absolute stylishness." (classicalsource.com) Cast Susan Bullock (Queen Elizabeth I) Toby Spence (Robert Devereux， Earl Of Essex) Patricia Bardon (Frances， Countess Of Essex) Mark Stone (Mountjoy) Kate Royal (Penelope (Lady Rich) Sister to Essex) Jeremy Carpenter (Sir Robert Cecil) Clive Bayley (Captain of the Guard) Benjamin Bevan (Henry Cuffe) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House; Paul Daniel Stage Director: Richard Jones Television Director: Robin Lough Choreographer: Lucy Burge Catalogue Number: OABD7134D Date of Performance: 2013 Running Time: 160 minutes Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Subtitles: EN， FR， DE， JP， KR Label: Opus Arte