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Photographs of the English Opera Group production of The Rape of Lucretia

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

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ReferencePHPN/17/8

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Photographs of the English Opera Group production of The Rape of Lucretia

DateMay-Oct 1954

DescriptionThe first performance of this production was on 8 May 1954 in the Rokoko-theater, Schwetzinger Schloss as part of the Festspiele.
The cast for the first performance of this production was:
Peter Pears, Male Chorus; Arda Mandikian, Female Chorus; Marko Rothmüller, Tarquinius; Trevor Anthony, Collatinus; Ronald Lewis, Junius; Martha Lipton, Lucretia; Flora Nielsen, Bianca; April Cantelo, Lucia; producer, Basil Coleman; designer, John Piper; The English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar.
For the performances of 12 June and 5 October Raymond Nilsson sang the Male Chorus; on 12 and 28 June Margaret Ritchie sang Lucia. For the performances at Sadler's Wells in October, April Cantelo resumed the part of Lucia.
On 12 and 14 October Benjamin Britten was the conductor, with Martin Isepp at the piano.

Extent14 photographs

Related MaterialProgrammes for this English Opera Group tour are in the archive for performances at Schwetzinger Schloss, Aldeburgh Festival, York and Sadler's Wells.

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16 Component Record(s)

Level	Ref.	Title	Date
Item	PHPN/17/8/1A	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	May-Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/1B	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	May-Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/2	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/3	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	May-Jul 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/4	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	May-Jul 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/5A	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 1	May-Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/5B	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 2	May-Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/6	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 2	May-Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/7	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1 scene 2	May-Jul 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/8	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 2 scene 1	May-Jul 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/9	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 2 scene 2	May-Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/10	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 2 scene 2	May-Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/11	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 2 scene 2	May-Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/12	Production photograph of The Rape of Lucretia, Act 2 scene 2	May-Oct 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/13	The Rape of Lucretia; curtain call in Schwetzingen	8-9 May 1954
Item	PHPN/17/8/14	Photograph of Otakar Kraus dressed as Tarquinius	Oct 1954