The Rape of Lucretia
1987•Released
Music
With ancient Rome as a backdrop, composer Benjamin Britten's chamber opera chronicles the undoing of the virginal Lucretia at the hands of Tarquinius. Stars Kathryn Harries, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe and Jean Rigby imbue the lead roles with fervor and suspense while the English National Opera Orchestra provides spectacular musical accompaniment to this powerful synthesis of Greek tragedy and opera.
Director
Michael Simpson
Writer
Ronald Duncan
Studio
Channel 4 Television
Cast
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Male Chorus
Kathryn Harries
Female Chorus
Jean Rigby
Lucretia
Russell Smythe
Tarquinius
Richard van Allen
Collatinus
Alan Opie
Junius
Anne-Marie Owens
Bianca
Cathryn Pope
Lucia
Production
Company
Channel 4 Television
Company
ENO: English National Opera
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