The Rape of Lucretia

1987Directed by Michael Simpson, Graham Vick

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Released: January 1, 1987

About The Rape of Lucretia

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Synopsis

With ancient Rome as a backdrop, composer Benjamin Britten's chamber opera chronicles the undoing of the virginal Lucretia at the hands of Tarquinius. Stars Kathryn Harries, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe and Jean Rigby imbue the lead roles with fervor and suspense while the English National Opera Orchestra provides spectacular musical accompaniment to this powerful synthesis of Greek tragedy and opera.

Directors: Michael Simpson
Graham Vick
Writer: Ronald Duncan

Principal cast

In billing order

Anthony Rolfe JohnsonMale Chorus
Kathryn HarriesFemale Chorus
Jean RigbyLucretia
Russell SmytheTarquinius
Richard van AllenCollatinus
Alan OpieJunius

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