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The Rape of Lucretia

   

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Composer

Benjamin Britten

Librettist

Ronald Duncan

Venue and Dates

Snape Maltings Concert Hall as part of the Aldeburgh Festival.

12, 14, 19 and 20 June 1987

Conductors

Steuart Bedford and Stephen Westrop

Production

Performers

It is unclear which of the two casts sang at which performance

Lucretia : Anne McWatt / Barbara Rearick

Tarquinius : Simon Keenlyside / Joseph Corbett

Collatinus : Alan Ewing / Brian Matthews

Male Chorus : : Salvatore Champagne / Michael Powell

Female Chorus : Hope Hudson / Adrianne Pieczonka

Junius; Andrew Greenan / Jammes Ottaway,

Bianca : Sandra Porter / Norma Ritchie,

Lucia : Mary Aston / Meinir Williams,


Members of the Britten-Pears Orchestra

Producer: Basil Coleman

Designer : Roger Andrews

Lighting designer : Roger Weaver


 

 

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