The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten(Opera) Alan Light, Lauris Elms
Souvenir Brochure Australian Opera 1972 Melbourne Season Princess Theatre
The Rape of Lucretia (Op. 37) is an opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten, written for Kathleen Ferrier, who performed the title role. Ronald Duncan based his English libretto on André Obey's play Le Viol de Lucrèce.
The opera was first performed at Glyndebourne in England on 12 July 1946. It is the first work to which Britten applied his term "chamber opera." The opera debuted in the United States on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre in a production staged by Agnes de Mille which opened on 29 December 1948 and closed on 15 January 1949 after 23 performances. The cast notably included Giorgio Tozzi as Tarquinius, Kitty Carlisle as Lucretia, Lidija Franklin as Bianca, Brenda Lewis as the Female Chorus, and Adelaide Bishop as Lucia.
Cast: Alan Light Lauris Elms, Robert Gard. Graeme Ewer, John Pringle, Jacqueline Kensett-Smith, Elizabeth Allen, Cynthia Johnston, Beryl Furian.
Conductor John Bacon
Production Moffatt Oxenbould
Designer Desmond Digby
Lighting Stephen Hall
Stage Manager David Warne
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