Welcome to Opera-Online! After a break for a few weeks, we're back with Opera-Online! We begin our look at Benjamin Britten's fascinating The Rape of Lucretia . You may be going through the items in the student guide with your teacher. If not, this source has opportunities for you to do your own preparation for the opera with plenty of online content, including the complete student guide, and almost 100 online links within the Lucretia portion of the Sounds of Learning web pages. Youtube Clip of the Week Our first clip contains some of the most famous music in the opera. It's Tarquinius's ride over the Tiber on his way to Lucretia's home. He's racing on his way there. As the Male Chorus comments regarding Tarquinius, "Now who rides? Who’s ridden? Tarquinius, the stallion? Or the beast, Tarquinius?" When the clip opens, listen for the cricket theme that is repeated by the harp before the Male Chorus begins to sing. While the Male Chorus sings Lucretia...
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