Bibliographic information
- 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
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Libretto based on (work): Obey, André, 1892-1975. Viol de Lucrèce.
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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