Sack of Rome
Finding Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia on the Academy of Vocal Arts calendar was both a pleasure and something of a surprise—the latter because the work is far from central repertoire, even in a conservatory.
13 pieces since 2007 — at 2 companies, most often at LoftOpera.
Finding Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia on the Academy of Vocal Arts calendar was both a pleasure and something of a surprise—the latter because the work is far from central repertoire, even in a conservatory.
LoftOpera is just one, though perhaps the liveliest, of many homegrown opera troupes in Brooklyn.
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