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The Rape Of Lucretia, 16 September 1946
The Opera
Venue: Sadlers Wells
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Ronald Duncan
Conductor: Benjamin Britten
Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Cast
Male Chorus: Aksel Schiotz
Female Chorus: Flora Nielsen
Collatinus: Norman Walker
Junius: Frederick Sharp
Tarquinius: Frank Rogier
Lucretia: Nancy Evans
Bianca: Catherine Lawson
Lucia: Lesley Duff
The Opera
Venue: Sadlers Wells
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Ronald Duncan
Conductor: Benjamin Britten
Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Cast
Male Chorus: Aksel Schiotz
Female Chorus: Flora Nielsen
Collatinus: Norman Walker
Junius: Frederick Sharp
Tarquinius: Frank Rogier
Lucretia: Nancy Evans
Bianca: Catherine Lawson
Lucia: Lesley Duff