The Rape of Lucretia

Opera by Benjamin Britten to libretto by Ronald Duncan

DATES

Saturday April 18 19:30

Sunday April 19 16:00

Wednesday April 22 19:30

Thursday April 23 19:30

Saturday April 25 19:30

Sunday April 26 16:00

VENUE

JACKSON’S LANE THEATRE, N6

You will be able to click the image to access our flipbook programme, which can also be printed out.

At the camp, soldiers grow restless, eager for the war to begin. At home, their families wait anxiously, longing for it to end. Then, in a single night, an act of violence changes everything…

HGO presents Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, an unflinching examination of the darkest recesses of human nature. Composed in the shadow of the Second World War, it confronts sexual violence and the abuse of power, tracing tragic consequences that ripple through lives and communities. Scored for only eight voices and chamber ensemble, its haunting beauty is intensely intimate.

Following their award-winning production for HGO of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ (2024), directors Eleanor Burke and Alex Gotch reunite with conductor Oliver Cope for a gripping new staging of Britten’s first chamber opera, with a sparkling cast of young singers.

CAST

Female Chorus

Male Chorus

Lucretia

TarQUINIUS

Collatinus

Junius