| Description | Sepia-toned press photograph showing a rehearsal of the Rape of Lucretia in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. Benjamin Britten is accompanying at the piano, with Ronald Duncan turning pages for him. Ernest Ansermet is conducting from a score on the piano. The first performance featured Kathleen Ferrier, Otakar Klaus, Peter Pears, and Joan Cross, at least some of whom are visible in the photograph. [Possibly intended for The Picture Post's 'A New Opera for Glyndebourne - 13th July 1946] |