Event Title:

Organization:

  Performing Arts

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  7/11/2013

End Date:

  7/13/2013

Start Time:

  7:30 PM

End Time:

  5:00 PM

Event Info: 

  July 11 at 7:30 PM and July 13 at 2:00 PM

Britten's emotionally charged chamber opera, The Rape of Lucretia, is at once powerful and devastating. Lucretia is considered the most virtuous woman by her peers and her husband Collatinus. However unbeknownst to Collatinus, his friend Tarquinius has travelled to Rome to "test" her virtue. Lucretia and her serving women give Tarquinius a place to stay for the night when he arrives, despite Lucretia's reluctance. At night Tarquinius comes into Lucretia's room and, although she remains true to her husband, he will not take no for an answer. Lucretia, faced with her own conflicting emotions and despair, ultimately takes her own life. A heartbreaking and poignant work, this opera is best suited for adult audiences.

By Benjamin Britten with libretto by Ronald Duncan, based on Andre Obey's play "Le Viol de Lucrece." Sung in English with English supertitles.

Conductor: Mark Morash
Director: Peter Kazaras

Free pre-performance talk with Peter Kazaras one hour before the performance in Everett Auditorium.

Tickets: $60, $40, $25.

Students: $15. A very limited number of specially priced student tickets are made available for each performance. Student tickets may be purchased in advance, subject to availability. Student tickets must be purchased in person at the San Francisco Opera Box Office window, located inside the War Memorial Opera House at 301 Van Ness Avenue. A valid student ID is required. Limit of 2 tickets per person for each performance.

Call San Francisco Opera Box Office at (415) 864-3330 to purchase tickets. Monday 10 AM - 5 PM or Tuesday - Friday 10 AM - 6 PM.

http://www.merola.org

Location:

  Everett Auditorium

Room:

Address:

  450 Church Street

Phone:

  415-565-6427

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA