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Photographs of the English Opera Group production of The Rape of Lucretia on tour in Copenhagen

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Collection	PHPN	Photographs of productions
Section	PHPN/17	Production photographs of Britten's...

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ReferencePHPN/17/5

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Photographs of the English Opera Group production of The Rape of Lucretia on tour in Copenhagen

DateJun-Sep 1949

DescriptionThe first performance of this production was in The Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk on 10 June 1949.
The cast for the first performance of this production was:
Peter Pears, Male Chorus; Joan Cross, Female Chorus; George James, Collatinus; Denis Dowling, Junius; Otakar Kraus, Tarquinius; Nancy Evans, Lucretia; Flora Nielsen, Bianca; Margaret Ritchie, Lucia.; producers, Basil Coleman and Eric Crozier; designer, John Piper; The English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar.
In performances on and after 1 July Jennifer Vyvyan sang the Female Chorus.
For the first performance in Copenhagen on 12 September Benjamin Britten was the conductor and Joan Cross the Female Chorus.

Extent6 photographs

Related MaterialProgrammes from this English Opera Group tour are in the archive.

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6 Component Record(s)

Level	Ref.	Title	Date
Item	PHPN/17/5/1	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	Sep 1949
Item	PHPN/17/5/2	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	12 Sep 1949
Item	PHPN/17/5/3	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	Sep 1949
Item	PHPN/17/5/4	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	Sep 1949
Item	PHPN/17/5/5	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 2	Sep 1949
Item	PHPN/17/5/6	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 2	Sep 1949