Nevertheless, Benjamin Britten, who had heard her Westminster Abbey Messiah performance, persuaded her to create the role of Lucretia in his new opera The Rape of Lucretia, which was to open the first postwar Glyndebourne Festival in 1946.
Namentres, Benjamin Britten, que a escoitara na súa interpretación do Messiah na Abadía de Westminster, convenceuna para cantar o papel de Lucretia na súa nova ópera The Rape of Lucretia, que ía abrir a primeira edición de posguerra do Glyndebourne Festival en 1946.