MEDIA KIT:
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA

Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan
After the play by André Obey
A New BLO Production
Sung in English with English surtitles

Performance running time is approximately 110 minutes, with no intermission.

TALKBACKS will be held immediately following each performance.

Artists for Humanity EpiCenter
100 West 2nd Street,
Fort Point, Boston, MA

RARELY-SEEN MASTERPIECE | POWERFUL AND INTIMATE | SOARING LYRICAL SCORE

A devastating act of violence, and one woman’s decision to speak the truth—the story of Lucretia ignited a nation and has entranced artists like Shakespeare, Botticelli and more for centuries. Through Britten’s searing and intimate score, experience a legend of lust, power, and politics that resonates powerfully from ancient times to ours.

Production Photos

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Junius (David McFerrin) and his soldier comrades spend an evening on the battlefield drinking wine and absorbing news of their wives’ infidelity back home in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

Facing harassment from Tarqunius (Duncan Rock, rear) about his faithful wife, Collatinus (Brandon Cedel, fore) sings of love, war and fidelity in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

Lucretia (Kelley O’Connor) spins wool while thinking of her husband Collatinus, who is away at war against the Estrucans in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

While men of Rome are off at war, Lucretia (Kelley O’Connor, center) her nurse Bianca (Margaret Lattimore, r.), and the Female Chorus (Antonia Tamer, above) sing of the duties and the emotions of the women left behind in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

Nurse Bianca (Margaret Lattimore, r.) consoles Lucretia (Kelley O’Connor) who pines for her husband Collatinus in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter

When he arrives at her home under the pretense of needing shelter, Tarquinius (Duncan Rock) greets Lucretia (Kelley O’Connor, l.) while her maid Lucia (Sarah Womble, r.) is suspicious of his motive in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

After greeting Tarquinius and granting him shelter, Lucretia (Kelley O’Connor) sleeps while the Female Chorus and Male Chorus (Antonia Tamer and Jesse Darden) foretell her fate in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

Tarquinius (Duncan Rock) insists that Lucretia (Kelley O’Connor) submit to him, and threatens her if she doesn’t in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

The morning after Tarquinius has violated her, Lucretia (Kelley O’Connor, kneeling) comes into the garden dazed, angry and confused and her nurse Bianca (Margaret Lattimore, l.) struggles to understand what has happened in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

Collatinus (Brandon Cedel) returns home at Lucretia’s request, only to witness her commit suicide in shame for her violation in Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Rape of Lucretia” March 11-17 at Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

MEDIA KIT: THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA

RARELY-SEEN MASTERPIECE | POWERFUL AND INTIMATE | SOARING LYRICAL SCORE

Production Photos

MEDIA KIT:
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA