! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Poetry of Women, History of Men: The Role of Women and Gender in Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements ! for the degree Master of Music in Musicology ! at the Peabody Conservatory of Music ! Johns Hopkins University ! Baltimore,! Maryland ! ! Table of Contents ! Introduction 3
History
The History of The Rape of Lucretia, 4 The English Opera Group and Glyndebourne ! Praestat emori, quam per dedecus vivere: Lucretia, 7 Christ and the Romans
Shakespeare, Obey, Duncan 13
“Men act and women appear”: Lucretia and Art 20 ! Analysis Women and Dreams 23 ! The “Christian Framework” 30 ! Conclusion 35 ! Appendix 37
Images 41 ! ! Bibliography 43 ! ! !