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The Rape Of Lucretia, 17 September 1946
The Opera
Venue: Sadlers Wells
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Ronald Duncan
Conductor: Hans Oppenheim
Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Cast
Male Chorus: Peter Pears
Female Chorus: Joan Cross
Collatinus: Norman Walker
Junius: Edmund Donlevy
Tarquinius: Otakar Kraus
Lucretia: Kathleen Ferrier
Bianca: Anna Pollak
Lucia: Lesley Duff
The Opera
Venue: Sadlers Wells
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Ronald Duncan
Conductor: Hans Oppenheim
Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Cast
Male Chorus: Peter Pears
Female Chorus: Joan Cross
Collatinus: Norman Walker
Junius: Edmund Donlevy
Tarquinius: Otakar Kraus
Lucretia: Kathleen Ferrier
Bianca: Anna Pollak
Lucia: Lesley Duff