Britten "The Rape of Lucretia" -- Jean Rigby -- Rolfe-Johnson -- Van Allan 1987 Full Opera
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Britten "The Rape of Lucretia" -- Jean Rigby -- Rolfe-Johnson -- Van Allan 1987 Full Opera
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.
