The Rape of Lucretia - Revival !

- Chamber opera by Benjamin Britten

Revival of the hit opera Lucretia, 12th July 2013

Lucretia (The Rape of Lucretia in Swedish on the "Rape of Lucretia") was written for the legendarska British contralto Kathleen Ferrier , and was premiered at Glyndebourne in 1946. Britten's chamber opera written for postwar limited resources - for eight soloists and an orchestra of thirteen musicians. The story takes place in ancient Rome , and is about fidelity, lust for power , male betting, and how vulnerable people - especially women - get in wartime. Britten's music is flowing beautiful and full of compassion for Lucretia's fate - commented with heightened horror and grief of the two narrators . The set of Lucretia implemented with support from the National Kulturåd , Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation , Mora Municipality and Vattnäs Konsertladas friends association .

The cast:
Pers Anna Larsson - Lucretia, Roman lady , the wife of Collatinus
Ingrid Tobiasson - Bianca, Lucretia same
Hakan Ekenäs - Tarquinius , the Etruscan general , the son of the king
Göran Eliasson - Male Chorus
Eva- Lotta Olsson - Female Chorus
Anton Ljungqvist - Collatinus , Lucretia's husband and the Roman general
Richard Laby - Junius , Roman general
Cathrine Zetterberg - Lucia, maid

Vattnäs Opera Chapel led by Mattias Böhm

Director: Pers Anna Larsson, Ingrid Tobiasson and Mathias Clason .
Set Design : Mathias Clason
Projections : Anders Hanser
Lighting Design : Peter Stockhaus
Costumes : Mathias Clason
Make-up : Jannicke Marmorin

Performance length : 2 hours in at intermission. Ticket price 495 kr. Numbered seats.

Ticket Release March 22, 2013