Benjamin Britten The Rape of Lucretia
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Ronald Duncan based on the play Le Viol de Lucrèce by André Obey
Following the Opera there will be performed the Chamber Opera Romeo and Juliet by Boris Blacher.
PREMIERE
- 15 August 1950, 19:00
- 25 August 1950, 19:00
- 28 August 1950, 19:00
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Josef Krips, Conductor
Josef Gielen, Stage director
Caspar Neher, Stage sets
Caspar Neher, Costumes
Julius Patzak, Chorus (Man
Annelies Kupper, Chorus (Women)
Kurt Böhme, Collatinus
Alfred Poell, Junius
Hermann Uhde, Prince Tarquinius
Elisabeth Höngen, Lucrece
Dagmar Hermann, Bianca
Hilde Güden, Lucia
Vienna Philharmonic