Rape of Lucretia, The
Rape of Lucretia, The. Opera in 2 acts by Britten to lib. by Ronald Duncan after André Obey's Le viol de Lucrèce. Comp. 1946, rev. 1947. F.p. Glyndebourne, 1946; London 1946; Chicago 1947; Salzburg 1950. Britten's first chamber opera, comp. for EOG.
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