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Scenes from the Final Dress Rehearsal of The Rape of Lucretia
06-05-2009

Tenor William Burden and baritone Nathan Gunn return to the
Opera Company of Philadelphia as the Male Chorus and Tarquinius
in The Rape of Lucretia.

 

 

Baritone Eric Dubin (left), who audiences will remember as
Marquis de Brisaille in 2008’s Cyrano, sings the role of Junius,
alongside bass Ben Wager (right) in his Opera Company
debut as Collatinus.

 

 

From left to right, bass Ben Wager as Collatinus 
and baritone Nathan Gunn as Tarquinius sing about
the virtues of Lucretia.

 

 

Soprano Karen Jesse makes her Opera Company debut as the Female Chorus.
From left to right, mezzo-soprano Allison Sanders as Bianca, mezzo-soprano
Tamara Mumford in her Company debut as Lucretia, soprano Karen Jesse as the
Female Chorus, and soprano Rinnat Moriah in her Company debut as Lucia.

 

 

Tenor William Burden (right) narrates as Tarquinius,
baritone Nathan Gunn, races back to Rome to knock on
the door of Lucretia, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford.

 

 

Baritone Nathan Gunn returns to the Opera Company of
Philadelphia as Tarquinius, the Etruscan prince.

 

Baritone Nathan Gunn as Tarquinius and
mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford as Lucretia.

 

Bass Ben Wager is Collatinus, who tries to comfort his
wife Lucretia, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford.