The Rape of Lucretia

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The Rape of Lucretia (1987)

Directed by Michael Simpson, Graham Vick

Music

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.

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Cast

A
Anthony Rolfe Johnson Male Chorus
K
Kathryn Harries Female Chorus Jean Rigby Lucretia
R
Russell Smythe Tarquinius
R
Richard van Allen Collatinus
A
Alan Opie Junius
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Anne-Marie Owens Bianca Cathryn Pope Lucia

Crew

Director
Michael Simpson, Graham Vick
Writer
Ronald Duncan

Details

Release date
1987-01-01
Genres
Music
Original language
EN
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Channel 4 Television, ENO: English National Opera