The Rape of Lucretia

1987· 108 min★ 9.0· Music

With ancient Rome as a backdrop, composer Benjamin Britten's chamber opera chronicles the undoing of the virginal Lucretia at the hands of Tarquinius. Stars Kathryn Harries, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe and Jean Rigby imbue the lead roles with fervor and suspense while the English National Opera Orchestra provides spectacular musical accompaniment to this powerful synthesis of Greek tragedy and opera.

Cast: Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kathryn Harries, Jean Rigby

Director: Michael Simpson, Graham Vick