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THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA to be Presented by Merola Opera Program This Summer
08 Apr 2023 02:13 GMT
… staged production of Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, approached through a … of Britten's most searing and lyrical scores, The Rape of Lucretia follows … to Merola to conduct The Rape of Lucretia. Equally adept in symphony, opera …
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Royal Opera House Cancels Final Performance of ‘The Rape of Lucretia’
22 Nov 2022 20:17 GMT
… the final performance of “The Rape of Lucretia.”
The company said, “With great … tonight’s performance of ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ due to illness. Ticket buyers … Parker Artists Programme and the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme starred …
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The week in classical: The Rape of Lucretia; Solomon’s Knot – review
19 Nov 2022 13:10 GMT
… in Benjamin Britten’s chilling chamber opera The Rape of Lucretia, set … their mouths, which Britten matches with ravishing vocal … Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia. Photograph: Camilla GreenwellMears … of five)
The Rape of Lucretia ★★★★
Solomon’s Knot ★★★★★
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The Rape of Lucretia review: The Royal Opera’s devastating staging features a faultle...
18 Nov 2022 17:58 GMT
… staging of Britten’s first chamber opera, The Rape of Lucretia, opened at … limited resources. Musically, The Rape of Lucretia is a triumph – the … emollient mezzo-soprano moulding Britten’s vocal lines to … addition to its cycle of Britten operas.
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The Rape of Lucretia at the ROH is a muddled show that signals opera has a long way to go
18 Nov 2022 18:22 GMT
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The Rape of Lucretia at the Royal Opera … with the sexual politics of Britten’s opera feeling uncomfortably oppressive … Roman Republic, Tarquinius Superbus is Britten’s tyrannical villain. Having … find a way to make Britten’s opera work alongside …
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The Rape of Lucretia review – powerful, uncompromising and deeply disquieting
16 Nov 2022 16:38 GMT
… between the Royal Opera and Britten Pears Arts, Oliver Mears’s … new production of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia was first seen at … on postwar uncertainties and trauma. Britten and his librettist Ronald Duncan …
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An explosive act of violence: why Britten’s Rape of Lucretia speaks to our brutal times
11 Nov 2022 07:30 GMT
… its explicit Christian messages, The Rape of Lucretia is the quintessential “difficult” … of Blasted – with The Rape of Lucretia, Britten makes an absolute connection between … staging of The Rape of Lucretia, produced by Britten Pears Arts in collaboration …
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The Rape of Lucretia at the Linbury Theatre review: a musical triumph
14 Nov 2022 10:55 GMT
… resonances in Benjamin Britten’s opera The Rape of Lucretia, even though … it was premiered in 1947.
Britten … in The Rape of Lucretia / Camilla Greenwell
Where Britten’s music … the action more than Britten intended, but Sydney …
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The Rape of Lucretia couldn’t be more timely
06 Nov 2022 04:47 GMT
… that all operas are exorcisms, Britten’s more than most,” says … first staging of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia — one of the darkest …
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The Rape of Lucretia — musically and dramatically over-polite
31 Oct 2022 00:54 GMT
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Britten’s 1946 opera gets more problematic as the decades pass. The subject matter was provocative even then — the rape and suicide of a woman said to be the only virtuous wife in Ancient Rome — and these days audiences for opera and theatre (if not …