Marschner - Overture: Lukretia, Op. 67 (1827)

Overture: Lukretia, Op. 67 (1827) An overture by German composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861) from the two-act opera "Lukretia", with a libretto by August Eckschlager based on the legend of the rape of Lucretia by Sextus Tarquinius. Sextus was the youngest son of the last Etruscan tyrant of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud). According to Livy&account in "Ab Urbe Condita", Sextus Tarquinius&rape of the beautiful, virtuous patrician maiden Lucretia and her subsequent suicide sparked the revolt led by Lucius Junius Brutus that ended the Monarchy and led to the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC. Conductor: Alfred Walter Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice