Film · Music
The Rape of Lucretia (1987)
IMDb★ 9.0 · 9 votesMusic1987
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, Graham Vick
- Writers
- Ronald Duncan
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- January 1, 1987
The Rape of Lucretia was released on January 1, 1987.
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The Rape of Lucretia cast
- Anthony Rolfe JohnsonMale Chorus
- Kathryn HarriesFemale Chorus
Jean RigbyLucretia- Russell SmytheTarquinius
- Richard van AllenCollatinus
- Alan OpieJunius
- Anne-Marie OwensBianca
Cathryn PopeLucia
