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Article: "LUCRETIA' WORTH ANOTHER LOOK; MEMORABLE MUSIC UNDERSCORES ABSORBING PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNEY.(CNY)(Review)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- August 2, 2001
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Byline: David Abrams Contributing writer
Even among die-hard Benjamin Britten fans, "The Rape of Lucretia" is considered one of the English composer's least popular works for the stage.
But Glimmerglass Opera's new production of this chamber opera, under the direction of Christopher Alden, puts a clever spin on the work that deserves another look.
There's a lot going for "Lucretia," first performed in 1946 at the Glyndebourne Festival, with its ingenious score and timeless underlying message of the destruction of virtue and arrogance of power.
The problem with the work, at least the way Britten intended it, is that it is intrinsically ...