The Rape of Lucretia

Directed by Michael Simpson, Graham Vick

Written by Ronald Duncan

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.

Cast

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Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Male Chorus

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Kathryn Harries

Female Chorus

Jean Rigby

Lucretia

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Russell Smythe

Tarquinius

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Richard van Allen

Collatinus

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Alan Opie

Junius

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Anne-Marie Owens

Bianca

Cathryn Pope

Lucia