Britten's chamber operas, most of them written for the intimate setting of the Aldeburgh Festival, are conceived in a spirit of utter transparency. The instrumental writing is spare, the text-setting ...

There is a growing trend of operas drawing inspiration from and working alongside the contemporary theatre world. Whether it is collaborations or borrowing ideas, in these tempestuous times for the ...

Since 1932 the Central City Opera has presented summer opera in this old Colorado silver town, and at first glance it looked as though humble miners’ quarters might be the habitat for The Rape of ...

The rape of Lucretia has been commemorated countless times in the arts — most famously by Shakespeare’s narrative poem and in the paintings by Botticelli and Titian. Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera, ...

2 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 3 OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reveals 2026-27 Tour Dates and Cities In her notes for the production, Arbus observes: "Lucretia was first performed in 1946 ...

Parts of Benjamin Britten’s opera “The Rape of Lucretia” will make you turn away in disgust. Raped by the king’s son, Lucretia speaks out about the crime, to her husband and to the public. Then she ...

After the storm and fury of Peter Grimes (1945), whose sea-tossed music and psychologically truthful and damaged characters were heralded as a new era in English opera, composer Benjamin Britten, for ...

Britten’s opera is a strange, unsettling and unbearably private piece. Set in ancient Rome and written over 70 years ago, its theme is still all too contemporary, writes the director of a new ...

Merola Opera Program continues its 2023 Summer Festival with a fully staged production of Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, approached through a current lens. Based on an ancient Roman myth, ...

A strong cast, including Christine Rice’s noble Lucretia and Duncan Rock’s forthright Tarquinius, bring Britten’s tragic chamber opera vividly to life A week after a graphic rape scene not envisaged ...