Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club

The Rape of Lucretia, an opera in two acts (1946)
by Benjamin Britten

Libretto after André Obey’s play “Le Viol de Lucrèce” by Ronald Duncan

Male Chorus    

Alan Mayall

Female Chorus     

Margaret Probyn

Collatinus, a Roman general    

John Dawswell*

Junius, a Roman general    

Giles Davies*

Prince Tarquinius,  son of the Etruscan  tyrant,
                                    Tarquinius Superbus    

Carl Murray

Lucretia, wife of Collatinus

Oenone Cox

Bianca, Lucretia’s nurse

Jo Parton

Lucia, Lucretia’s maid    

Lyn Parkyns

Camilla Bignall (flute)

Nicholas Murray (oboe)

Barbara Wyllie (clarinet, bass clarinet)

Glyn Williams (bassoon)

Peter Ramage* (horn)

Andrew Westlake (percussion)

Stephen Lewis* (harp)

Alan Reddish (piano)

Evelyn Chadwick (violin I)

Peter Wall (violin II)

Keith Daley (viola)

William Randles (‘cello)

Mark McCarthy (double bass)

Conductor     Christopher Fifield