Britten Thematic Catalogue

BTC999 THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA

• Date: 12 Jul 1946 >>
  Location: Glyndebourne, Sussex

  Type of performance: Staged performance

  
  

  World Premiere

  Incomplete Performance

  
  

  Performers and other details:

  Peter Pears Male chorus, Joan Cross Female chorus, Owen Brannigan Collatinus, Edmund Donlevy Junius, Kathleen Ferrier Lucretia, Anna Pollak Bianca, Margaret Ritchie Lucia, Glyndebourne Opera Orchestra

  Eric Crozier prod, John Piper design, Ernest Ansermet cond

  The second cast for this first production was Aksel Schiøtz Male chorus, Flora Nielsen Female chorus, Norman Walker Collatinus, Frederick Sharp Junius, Frank Rogier Tarquinius, Nancy Evans Lucretia, Catherine Lawson Bianca, Lesley Duff Lucia, Reginald Goodall cond

  Other details as above.