Merola Opera Program will continue its 2023 season with a fully staged production of Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, approached through a current lens. Based in ancient Roman history, with a ...

Since 1932 the Central City Opera has presented summer opera in this old Colorado silver town, and at first glance it looked as though humble miners’ quarters might be the habitat for The Rape of ...

Anne Midgette: "The Rape of Lucretia," by Benjamin Britten, is an opera about a vengeful, angry, lustful, devastating act, played out before the eyes of a man and a woman, the male and female chorus, ...

The Rape of Lucretia at the Royal Opera House is almost a great success. Director Oliver Mears’ intense staging possesses moments of pure violence and raw emotion, impressively pulled off by a cast ...

There is a growing trend of operas drawing inspiration from and working alongside the contemporary theatre world. Whether it is collaborations or borrowing ideas, in these tempestuous times for the ...

Britten’s opera is a strange, unsettling and unbearably private piece. Set in ancient Rome and written over 70 years ago, its theme is still all too contemporary, writes the director of a new ...