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ReferencePHPN/17/6

Title

Photographs of the English Opera Group production of The Rape of Lucretia in London and Wiesbaden

Date1951

DescriptionThe first performance of this production was on 11 May at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, as part of the 1951 City of London Festival.
The cast for the first performance of this production was:
Peter Pears, Male Chorus; Joan Cross, Female Chorus; Harold Williams, Collatinus; Frederick Sharp, Junius; Otakar Kraus, Tarquinius; Nancy Evans, Lucretia; Flora Nielsen, Bianca; Margaret Ritchie, Lucia; producer, unidentified; designer, John Piper; The English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra conducted by Josef Krips.
In the performances of 16, 17 May and possibly 19 May Adele Leigh sang Lucia. On 17 May Bruce Boyce was Tarquinius and Stanley Pope, Collatinus; on 19 May Catherine Lawson was Lucretia, Margaret Ritchie, Lucia and Bruce Boyce, Tarquinius.
For the performances in Wiesbaden on 31 May and 1 June Stanley Pope was Junius.

Extent1 photograph

Related MaterialProgrammes from the City Of London and Wiesbaden Festivals are in the archive.

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