The Rape of Lucretia

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

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Male Chorus

Kathryn Harries

Female Chorus

Jean Rigby

Lucretia

Russell Smythe

Tarquinius

Richard van Allen

Collatinus

Alan Opie

Junius

Anne-Marie Owens

Bianca

Cathryn Pope

Lucia