The Rape of Lucretia
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Benjamin Britten's gripping chamber opera about self-possession and self-destruction is set in a civilization devastated by the atrocities of war. Morality and mortality are obscured in this story of a lustful and obsessive leader's determination to destroy and conquer the last remaining hope of purity and faithfulness. Sung in English with supertitles.
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan
Based on the play Le Viol de Lucrèce by André Obey
Conducted by Andrew Altenbach
Directed by Nathan Troup