The rape of lucretia highlights benjamin britten, kathleen ferrier on allmusic. The subject is the rape and subsequent suicide of lucretia, the semilegendary wife of collatinus, a consul in the roman republic in 509 bce a story that has been widely publicised by artists. Lucretia, wife of collatinus contralto janet baker bianca, lucretias old nurse mezzo soprano elizabeth bainbridge lucia, a maid soprano jenny hill recording dates. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. Documents in the archive at the british library indicate that an official of the lord chamberlain compared the opera to the sexually uninhibited novel lady chatterleys lover by d. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. A podcast on the 20 rape of lucretia is available for download here. The rape of lucretia 2005 starring kathryn harries and anthony rolfe johnson on dvd and bluray. Sixtysomething years later, were rehearsing it for only the second time in this opera houses history. A coproduction of sydney chamber opera and victorian opera this is where chamber opera begins. His later operas include the rape of lucretia 1946. For composer benjamin britten, the roman tale of lucretias tragic violation at the hands of the tyrant tarquinius became the vessel for an operatic revolution.
Fiona shaw, also known for her performance as petunia dursley in the harry potter films, directed the staging for this production. There is, however, no loss of colour and atmosphere indeed the pareddown textures produced an intensification of brittens operatic vision which was to serve him further in albert herring and the turn of the screw. The benjamin britten ronald duncan cooperation was surprisingly subjected to a degree of censorship. Julie jordan gunn, conductor kirsten pullen, director. The rape of lucretia, an album by benjamin britten, aldeburgh festival ensemble on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Musical directors notes brittens the rape of lucretia is his first foray into the genre of chamber opera. The rape of lucretia 20 full movie download full hd.
Public hosted by dutch national opera academy and 2 others. The rape of lucretia by benjamin britten on spotify. The rape of lucretia opera 2 for 1 chandos records. Tarquinius o dr faust ive got a pain where i sit on the throne where an englishmans home is his kingdom faust mr tarquinius of romford youve got. Albert herring joined it at the same address the following year, but thereafter britten fell out with the sussex festival.
In benjamin brittens 1946 chamber opera set in ancient rome, a woman is a pawn in a. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. The rape of lucretia had its world premiere here in 1946, with kathleen ferrier as lucretia. Flower scene from the rape of lucretia, by benjamin britten.
It is a perfect example of what grimeborn does best and it is difficult to imagine a more powerful production of this gripping chamber opera written by. The rape of lucretia jean rigby lucretia, nigel robson male chorus, catherine pierard female chorus, donald maxwell tarquinius, alastair miles collatinus, alan opie junius, patricia rozario lucia, ameral gunson bianca. Its not difficult to see here themes that preoccupy britten throughout his musical career and even. His first work in the new medium was the rape of lucretia, first performed just over a year after peter grimes, in 1946. Other articles where the rape of lucretia is discussed. Sarah connollys outstanding the guardian portrayal of the wronged roman noblewoman, written originally for kathleen ferrier, lies at the. Written in 1946, the year after peter grimes, britten demonstrates an ability. Arthausmusik on facebook arthausmusik on twitter arthausmusik on youtube. It was a combination of economic realities and aesthetic preferences that encouraged britten to develop the concept of chamber opera, employing a small cast without chorus and an orchestra of just thirteen players.
I really wanted to show how cool she is and the amazing work lucy lawless did when portraying her. Benjamin brittens chamber opera the rape of lucretia was given its premiere at the glyndebourne festival in 1946, with kathleen ferrier in the leading role. A guide to benjamin brittens the rape of lucretia, featuring opera historians philip reed, paul kildea and lucy walker, and tenor ian bostridge. Albert herring glyndebourne festival opera duration. Benjamin brittens first chamber opera, the rape of lucretia, had its world premiere at glyndebourne in 1946, with ernest ansermet conducting a cast that included kathleen ferrier, peter pears, otakar kraus and joan cross. Kip williams and elizabeth gadsby were initially dubious about staging benjamin brittens the rape of lucretia britten wrote lucretia in 1946 and dubbed it a chamber opera. Juliana van stolberglaan 1, 2595 ca the hague, netherlands. Brittens the rape of lucretia based on the play by andre obeyreturned to glyndebourne in 2015, nearly 70 years after its premiere there in 1946. Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of varese sarabande records. The composer founded his own festival two years later in aldeburgh on the suffolk coast, where he and peter pears had a home.
The piece extracts various elements of the opera the rape of lucretia by benjamin britten. Seventy years after its glyndebourne world premiere, benjamin brittens first chamber opera is welcomed home with a performance of. The subject of the rape of lucretia then is a sparse but powerful one which, when combined with brittens musical scoring of it, is almost harrowing in its intensity. Rome is now ruled by the etruscan upstart male chorus 2 the rape of lucretia, op. This ascetic production tellingly matches the austere restraint of brittens first. Lawrence which caused such outrage on publication in 1928. Orchestra, voice sheet music book by benjamin britten 191976.
Britten the rape of lucretia and albert herring imslp forums. Britten the rape of lucretia jean rigby rolfejohnson van allan 1987 full opera by reinhold gobel. No other sex tube is more popular and features more lucretia scenes than pornhub. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Scene two a room in lucretias house in rome, the same evening. The opera was first performed at glyndebourne in england. Performed on january 27, 2018, at the alexander kasser theater, john j. It will be streamed live from 6pm on sunday 9 august and will. Selected clips from the recording made by benjamin britten. I love this character, and ill continue making videos of her for a long long time haha anyway, let me know if you liked it. The rape of lucretia programme by craig slade issuu. York festival 1954 presents the english opera groups production of benjamin brittens the rape of lucretia. Brittens extraordinarily tense and chilling treatment of this historic tale is explored in a brilliant production by director fiona shaw. Watch glyndebourne festival operas production of the rape of lucretia by benjamin britten.