Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart" (Male Chorus)

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "It is an axiom among kings" (Female Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Joan Cross

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "Here the thirsty evening" (Male Chorus)

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "Who reaches heaven first" (Collatinus, Junius, Tarquinius, Male Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Owen Branningan, Edmund Donleavy, Otakar Kraus, Peter Pears

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "Maria was unmasked at a masked ball" (Junius, Tarquinius, Collatinus, Male Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Edmund Doleavy, Otakar Kraus, Owen Branningan, Peter Pears

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "Collatinus is politically astute" (Male Chorus, Junius, Collatinus, Tarquinius)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Peter Pears, Edmund Donleavy, Owen Branningan, Otakar Kraus

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "There goes a happy man!" (Tarquinius, Junius)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Otakar Kraus, Edmund Donleavy

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "Tarquinius does not dare" (Male Chorus)

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "My horse! My horse!... Tarquinius does not wait" (Tarquinius, Male Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Otakar Kraus, Peter Pears

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "Their spinning-wheel unwinds" (Female Chorus, Lucrezia, Bianca, Lucia)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Joan Cross, Kathleen Ferrier, Anna Pollak, Margaret Ritchie

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "Listen! I heard a knock" (Lucretia, Bianca)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Kathleen Ferrier, Anna Pollak

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "Time treads upon the hands of women" (Female Chorus, Lucrezia, Bianca, Lucia)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Joan Cross, Kathleen Ferrier, Anna Pollak, Margaret Ritchie

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act I: "The oatmeal slippers of sleep" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus, Tarquinius, Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Joan Cross, Peter Pears, Otakar Kraus, Anna Pollak, Margaret Ritchie, Kathleen Ferrier

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "The prosperity of the Etruscans" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus, Collatinus, Lucia, Bianca, Junius)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Joan Cross, Peter Pears, Owen Branningan, Margaret Ritchie, Anna Pollak, Edmund Donleavy

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "She sleeps as a rose" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Joan Cross, Peter Pears

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "Within this frail crucuble of light" (Tarquinius, Female Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Otakar Kraus, Joan Cross

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "Lucretia!... What do you want?" (Tarquinius, Lucretia, Female Chorus, Male Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Otakar Kraus, Kathleen Ferrier, Joan Cross, Peter Pears

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "Interlude: Here in this scene you see" (Male Chorus, Female Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Peter Pears, Joan Cross

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "Oh! What a lovely day!" (Lucia, Bianca)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Margaret Richie, Anna Pollak

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "We'll leave the orchids for Lucretia" (Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Anna Pollak, Margaret Ritchie, Kathleen Ferrier

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "Flowers bring to every year" (Lucretia, Bianca)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Kathleen Ferrier, Anna Pollak

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "You were right" (Lucia, Bianca, Collatinus, Junius, Lucretia)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Margaret Ritchie, Anna Pollak, Owen Brannigan, Edmund Donleavy, Kathleen Ferrier

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "Lucretia! Lucretia!" (Collatinus, Lucretia)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Owen Brannigan, Kathleen Ferrier

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "Last night Tarquinius ravished me" (Lucretia, Collatinus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Kathleen Ferrier, Owen Branningan

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "This dead hand lets fall" (Cornelius, Junius, Bianca, Lucia, Female Chorus, Male Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Owen Branningan, Edmund Donleavy, Anna Pollak, Margaret Ritchie, Joan Cross, Peter Pears

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: "Epilogue: It is all?" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)

The English Opera Group Orchestra, Reginald Goodall, Joan Cross, Peter Pears