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The Rape of Lucretia, 22 July 1946
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Ronald Duncan
Conductor: Reginald Goodall
Orchestra: Assembly Opera Orchestra
Cast
Male Chorus: Aksel Schiotz
Female Chorus: Flora Nielsen
Collatinus: Norman Walker
Junius: Edmund Donlevy
Tarquinius: Frank Rogier
Lucretia: Kathleen Ferrier
Bianca: Anna Pollak
Lucia: Margaret Ritchie
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Ronald Duncan
Conductor: Reginald Goodall
Orchestra: Assembly Opera Orchestra
Cast
Male Chorus: Aksel Schiotz
Female Chorus: Flora Nielsen
Collatinus: Norman Walker
Junius: Edmund Donlevy
Tarquinius: Frank Rogier
Lucretia: Kathleen Ferrier
Bianca: Anna Pollak
Lucia: Margaret Ritchie