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The Rape of Lucretia

  Opera by Benjamin Britten to libretto by Ronald Duncan

TICKETS available February

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

Olivia Rose Tringham

Male Chorus

Daniel Gray Bell

Lucretia

Emma Roberts

TarQUINIUS

Jack Holton

Collatinus

Oleksii Zasiadko

Junius

Maximilian Catalano

BIANCA

Mia Serracino 

Lucia

Nikki Martin

PRODUCTION

STAGE Directors

Eleanor Burke and Alex Gotch

Music director

Oliver Cope

Set/costume designer

Jennifer Gregory

Lighting designer

Cheng Keng

Stage Manager

Alexandra Brown

Production Manager

Ida Pontopiddan

Assistant conductor

Kentaro Machida

Repetiteur

Lucy Colquhoun

ORCHESTRA

Violins                          Maren Bosma, Will Clark

Viola                             Cameron Howe

Cello                             Thomas Vidal

Double-bass              Danny Cleave

Flute/Piccolo              Chris Michie

Oboe/Cor Anglais     Alex Franklin

Clarinet                        Lucia Porcedda

Bassoon                       Hugh Wooley

Horn                              Alice Knight

Harp                              Aisha Palmer

Percussion                   Murray Sedgwick

COVER CAST:              Jessica Lawley, Matthew Curtis, Abbie Ward,  Stephen Whitford, Chris Murphy,

                                       Ted Day, Lucy Thalange, Ellen Mawhinney.

REVIEWS

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