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28/12/2013

Britten 100: The Rape of Lucretia

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Nicholas Collon conducts Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne.

Nicholas Collon conducts a Glyndebourne performance of Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia, with Claudia Huckle in the lead role and Kate Valentine and Allan Clayton as the Chorus.

Britten 100: The Rape of Lucretia from Glyndebourne, with Claudia Huckle in the title role and Kate Valentine and Allan Clayton as the Chorus. Nicolas Collon conducts.

Premiered at Glyndebourne in 1946, Britten's chamber opera is given a new production by Fiona Shaw, described by one critic as "opera at its most nakedly powerful". It is an extraordinary and tightly- focused treatment of a legend which has acquired numerous layers in painting, poetry and drama. Lucretia is raped by the tyrant Tarquinius Superbus, ruler of Rome, and chooses to kill herself rather than live with the shame. The action of the opera is commented on throughout by a Male and Female Chorus who occupy another dimension, at times narrating the story and at times voicing the thoughts of the different characters.

Male Chorus.....Allan Clayton (Tenor)
Lucretia.....Claudia Huckle (Mezzo-soprano)
Female Chorus.....Kate Valentine (Soprano)
Collatinus.....David Soar (Bass)
Junius.....Oliver Dunn (Baritone)
Tarquinius.....Duncan Rock (Baritone)
Bianca.....Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mezzo-soprano)
Lucia.....Ellie Laugharne (Soprano)
The Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra
Nicholas Collon (conductor).

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