The Rape of Lucretia

Name: The Rape of Lucretia
Genre: Music
Released: 1987

1987

Music

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Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Michael Simpson
Director Graham Vick
Writer Ronald Duncan

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
A
Anne-Marie Owens
Bianca
Cathryn Pope
Lucia

Crew

Director — Michael Simpson
Director — Graham Vick
Writer — Ronald Duncan

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