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The English Opera Group presents a performance from Glyndebourne Opera House of the opera ' THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA'

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by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan , after the play ' Le Viol de Lucrece ' by Andre Obey
Produced by Eric Crozier
Cast in order of singing
The English Opera Group
Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Jack Kessler )
Conductor, Reginald Goodall
Act 1
Prologue
Scene 1: The generals' tent in the camp outside Rome
Interlude: The ride to Rome
Scene 2: Lucretia's house in Rome, the same evening

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Ronald Duncan
Unknown:
Andre OBEy
Produced By:
Eric Crozier
Leader:
Jack Kessler
Conductor:
Reginald Goodall
Male Chorus:
Peter Pears
Female Chorus:
Emelie Hooke
Collatinus, a Roman general:
Norman Lumsden
Junius, a Roman general:
Denis Dowling
Tarquinius, an Etruscan prince:
Otakar Kraus
Lucretia wife of Collatinus:
Kathleen Ferrier
Bianca nurse to Lucretia:
Flora Neilsen
Lucia, maid to Lucretia:
Irene Eisinger
Source: Radio Times

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