Queen Elizabeth I: Christine Brewer
Countess of Essex: Pamela Helen Stephen
Lady Rich: Janice Watson
Lady in Waiting: Gail Pearson
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex: Tom Randle
Lord Mountjoy: Peter Coleman Wright
Sir Robert Cecil: Roderick Williams
Sir Walter Raleigh: Robert Hayward
Henry Cuffe: Jesse Clark
Spirit of the Masque: James Gilchrist
Blind Ballad Singer: Robert Lloyd
Recorder of Norwich: John Shirley-Quirk
Opera North Chorus
Tiffin Boys Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Aldeburgh Festival
June 2003
Broadcast
