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The Rape of Lucretia, 26 July 1946
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Ronald Duncan
Orchestra: Assembly Opera Orchestra
Cast
Female Chorus: Joan Cross
Collatinus: Owen Brannigan
Tarquinius: Otakar Kraus
Lucretia: Kathleen Ferrier
Male Chorus: Peter Pears
Junius: Edmund Donlevy
Bianca: Anna Pollak
Lucia: Margaret Ritchie
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Ronald Duncan
Orchestra: Assembly Opera Orchestra
Cast
Female Chorus: Joan Cross
Collatinus: Owen Brannigan
Tarquinius: Otakar Kraus
Lucretia: Kathleen Ferrier
Male Chorus: Peter Pears
Junius: Edmund Donlevy
Bianca: Anna Pollak
Lucia: Margaret Ritchie