Organization

Opera on the Avalon

Stage director

James Marvel

Conductor

Tyrone Paterson

Tenor

Christopher Macrae

Male chorus

Soprano

Aidan Ferguson

Female chorus

Jennifer Taverner

Bass

Calvin Powell

Collatinus

Baritone

Gene Wu

Junius

Cairan Ryan

Tarquinius

Contralto

Erin Lawson

Lucretia

Mezzo-soprano

Megan Scheibal

Bianca

Andrea Cerswell

Lucia

Sarah Loveys

Production designer

Robert Shannon

Stage Manager

Kathryn Frady Marvel

English

The Rape of Lucretia

Public

Approved

The Rape of Lucretia is two-act, tragic opera first performed at the Glyndebourne Opera House in England in 1947. The Libretto was written by Ronald Duncan in 1946 and was based on Le Viol de Lucrece by Andre Obey. 

Prologue 
The Male and Female Choruses explain the current state of Rome. Tarquinius Superbus is the ruler of Rome and he forcefully attained this position with bribing, manipulation and murder. He has recently engaged the Romans in a war with the Greeks.

The Rape of Lucretia by Britten, Fri 16 Jul 2010, From (2010/2010), Directed by James Marvel,, Conductor Tyrone Paterson

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