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The Rape of Lucretia

BBC Radio 3
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Operaintwoacts Libretto by RONALD DUNCAN after the play Le Viol de Lucrece by ANDRÉ OBEY
Music by Benjamin Britten direct from the London Coliseum
The action takes place in Rome in 510 BC
Orchestra of English
National Opera, leader ROLF WILSON , conducted by Steuart Bedford Act 1 Scene 1: The
General's tent in the army camp: Interlude: The ride to Rome
Act 1 Scene 2: Lucretia's house that evening

Contributors

Unknown:
Operaintwoacts Libretto
Unknown:
Ronald Duncan
Music By:
Benjamin Britten
Leader:
Rolf Wilson
Conducted By:
Steuart Bedford
Source: Radio Times

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