The Rape of Lucretia, premier « opéra anglais » de Britten ? 

The Rape of Lucretia is Britten’s second opera, composed in the wake of the popular success of Peter Grimes and amidst the composer’s difficulties in sustaining his ambitious project to restore English opera and to set up his own opera company despite the dire post-war economic context. As Britten’s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilles Couderc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2008-02-01
Series:Revue LISA
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/1131