The Rape of Lucretia

Responsibility: Britten.
Language: English. Sung in English.
Sound: digital; stereo.
Digital: audio file; CD audio.
Publication: [London] : Virgin Classics, [2013]
Copyright notice: ℗2011
Physical description: 2 audio discs (115 min., 33 sec.) : digital, CD audio, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Recordings

Items in Recordings
Call number	Status
MCD 25548	Unknown

Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Contributor: Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982, librettist.; Bostridge, Ian performer.; Gritton, Susan performer.; Purves, Christopher performer.; Russell, Benjamin, 1988- performer.; Coleman-Wright, Peter performer.; Kirchschlager, Angelika performer.; Summers, Hilary performer.; Booth, Claire (Soprano) performer.; Knussen, Oliver conductor.; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, performer.

Contents

Release date: 2013
Production date: 2011
Note: Virgin Classics: 50999 6026722 1 (50999 6026732 0--50999 6026752 8).; Opera in 2 acts.; Title from disc label.; Libretto by Ronald Duncan, after Le viol de Lucrèce / André Obey.; Program notes in English, French and German and libretto (59 pages : color illustrations) in container.
Participant: Ian Bostridge (Male Chorus) ; Susan Gritton (Female Chorus) ; Christopher Purves (Collatinus) ; Benjamin Russell (Junius) ; Peter Coleman-Wright (Tarquinius) ; Angelika Kirchschlager (Lucretia) ; Hilary Summers (Bianca) ; Claire Booth (Lucia) ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble ; Oliver Knussen, conductor.
Event: Recorded in performance 2011 June 11, 13, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, as part of the 64th Aldeburgh Festival.
Related Work: Libretto based on (work): Obey, André, 1892-1975. Viol de Lucrèce.; Libretto (expression): Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982. Rape of Lucretia.
Publisher Number: 50999 6026722 1 Virgin Classics; 50999 6026732 0 Virgin Classics; 50999 6026752 8 Virgin Classics

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