| Glyndebourne Festival - The Rape of Lucretia Reviews | 26 April 2024 |
Claudia Huckle (Lucretia)
Oliver Dunn (Junius), Duncan Rock (Tarquinius)
Allan Clayton (Male Chorus), Duncan Rock (Tarquinius), Claudia Huckle (Lucretia), Kate Valentine (Female Chorus)
Duncan Rock (Tarquinius), Claudia Huckle (Lucretia)
Claudia Huckle (Lucretia)
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The Rape of LucretiaGlyndebourne FestivalGlyndebourne on TourNo. of reviews: 10 | |
Provocative and interesting Rape of Lucretia from Glyndebourne |
 21 Nov 13 / Seen and Heard |
Like all archaeology, this production was rediscovery in action |
| 6 Nov 13 / Classical Source |
A deeply unsettling evening but a richly rewarding one too |
| 22 Oct 13 / The Stage |
Fiona Shaw’s staging admirably makes sense of Britten’s strange opera |
| 22 Oct 13 / Financial Times |
Neither Verdi’s Les Vêpres Siciliennes nor Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia are straightforward |
| 22 Oct 13 / New Statesman |
Shaw is wonderfully served by her cast and musicians |
| 22 Oct 13 / Independent |
Fiona Shaw's attempt to work around the contradictions of Britten's opera has mixed results |
| 21 Oct 13 / The Guardian |
Britten's first chamber opera returns to the place of its birth in a persuasive and moving new production |
| 21 Oct 13 / What's on Stage |
Unfocused singing, playing and staging raise doubts about Britten’s first chamber opera |
| 21 Oct 13 / The Arts Desk |
Opera at its most nakedly powerful |
| 21 Oct 13 / Telegraph |
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Britten's Rape of Lucretia: a director's diary
With days to go before Glyndebourne opens only its second staging of the Britten chamber opera it premiered, director Fiona Shaw reflects on bravery, burial and layers of darkness.
With days to go before Glyndebourne opens only its second staging of the Britten chamber opera it premiered, director Fiona Shaw reflects on bravery, burial and layers of darkness.
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Cast
Clayton/Dickinson, Valentine, Soar, Dunn, Rock, Huckle, Wyn-Rogers, Laugharne
(c) Collon/Ridley (d) Shaw
Performance dates
19(m), 22, 25, 31 October, 8, 15, 22, 28 November, 6 December 2013 (Various locations)
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