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The Rape of Lucretia

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Contributed by: Central City Opera on 9/12/2007

What:	NEXT › ‹ PREVIOUS The 2008 Festival opens June 6 with Benjamin Britten's first chamber opera, *The Rape of Lucretia, running outside of the regular festival season with just six performances through June 22. This new production is Central City Opera's offering as one of the hosts of the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver, running June 11 to June 14, with a special performance for convention attendees on Friday, June 12. The story, with libretto by Ronald Duncan after the play by André Obey, follows Lucretia, married to a Roman general, who has been faithful to her husband while wives of other soldiers have been caught in betrayal. The King's son is provoked in to testing Lucretia's chastity and is successful in dishonoring her. A scorned Lucretia begs her husband to avenge her honor as she commits suicide. The Rape of Lucretia* will be performed in English with English supertitles. *Central City Opera's past repertoire of Benjamin Britten operas includes Gloriana* (2001 first American production); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1974, 1977, 2002); and Paul Bunyan (2005). Central City Opera Artistic Consultant Paul Curran*, recently appointed artistic director of the Norwegian National Opera, directs this production after his most recent success directing the company's Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)* (2004) and Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002). British conductor Damian Iorio makes his United States debut with this production. Now based in Italy, Maestro Iorio has extensive experience conducting Britten's operas with opera companies there including successful new productions of Britten's Albert Herring with the Accademia della Scala, Milan, and Maggio Musicale, Florence; and Britten's CurlewRiver at the opera houses of Trento and Pisa. Damian Iorio has spent the last two summers conducting at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in the United Kingdom. Subscriptions for the 2008 Festival go on sale Oct. 1. Two opera subscription packages include tickets to West Side Story and Susannah, with 20% discount pricing for one of the six performances of The Rape of Lucretia. Subscriptions range from $75 to $153 with subscriber-only ticket prices for The Rape of Lucretia ranging from $36 to $74 (including 20% discount). Single tickets go on sale January, 2008. To purchase tickets or for more information, call 303-292-6700 or visit www.centralcityopera.org.
Where:	Central City Opera House
When:	Evening Performances at 8:00PM *June 12th at 8:30PM. Matinee Performances at 2:30PM
Event Dates:	This event takes place every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday from 6/6/2008 through 6/20/2008.