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