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Broadcasting & Recording files

Reference code: G/BAR/1
Level: Series
Title: Broadcasting & Recording files
Date: 1951-2008
Quantity & Format: 25 x 40 x 490 cm (HxDxW) Dimensions
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Scope and content: 1951 First BBC TV relay from 23/07/51 Glyndebourne Contracts
Cosi Fan Tutte

1955 – 56 + 1972 On Such a Night
Clearing rights to the recording + obtaining a copy for Glyndebourne.
Correspondence from 1955+56 once the film had been
Folder containing photocopies of Adams and Remers file regarding contracts and agreements between GAT and Rank etc.

1965 Treasury file
Budget Control; Accounts, BBC Contracts, LPO costs, customs and excise correspondence

1965 Treasury file
BBC – 3 one act operas; Arlecchino, Dido & Aeneas, L’heure espagnole
Contracts and financial correspondence.

1967 – BBC – Don Giovanni

1967 – 1982 BBC/STV Contracts and financial correspondence
1967 Don Giovanni BBC contract, Treasury files, La Calisto, Figaro, Il ritorno, Idomeneo, Eugene Onegin, Cosi fan tutte, Capriccio, Falstaff, Rake’s Progress, La boheme, Die Entfuhrung, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, A Goodly Manor for a Song (sales)

1968 L’Ormindo Recording
Correspondence with Argo re above recording + treasury correspondence re financing of recording.

1971 – ARGO Record Company
La Calisto, Hire of organ room, BBC Television La Calisto

Folder: 1972 Southern Television
Correspondence & general office notes re tickets, etc.

Folder: STV 1972-73 (Moran Caplat)
Details of ‘Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail’ screening, fees, artists agreements, long term plans/agreement, discussions about the screening for Entfuhrung and Macbeth

Box: STV Files 73, 77, 79-89
1973 Janet Moores file: Ulisse and Figaro - recording schedules, timings, accommodation, programmes, ticket allocation, corresp.
1977 Janet Moores file: Don G and Rake – recording schedules,timings, ticket allocation, programmes and tickets.
1979 – 89 George Christie file: overseas sales, sponsors credits on broadcasts, loss of STV licence following CH4 creation and subsequent sale of STV to RPTA/Primetime.

Box: TV Files – BBC and others 1981 - 1987
Cast lists 1972-1983, television fees payable 1981-1983, cast/staff/address lists Idomeneo, La cenerentola, Intermezzo 1983, cast/staff/address lists Wild Things and HHP! 1984, cast/staff/address lists Arabella and Poppea 1984, cast/staff/address lists timings and schedules for Albert Herring Carmen and HPP! Both BBC and RM Arts, cast/staff/address lists inc fees and meeting minutes for Simon Boccanegra 1986 BBC and NVC, BBC agreement for Ravel double bill 1987.
Brian Dickie files. 1984 corresp re Arabella, and Poppea with Arts International, RM Arts and Goldcrest
1985-87 BBC/NVC discussions about possible future agreements and repertoire, HPP!, Carmen, Herring, Ravel double bill.

Folder: 1973 – STV (Moran Caplat)
Il Ritorno d’ulisse in patria and Le nozze di Figaro – schedules, artists agreements, future plans and correspondence.

1979-86 Audio Recordings
CBS corresp & schedule re Ulisse, Equity re Orfeo, LPO corresp re Orfeo, ’82 Orfeo corresp + schedules + cast lists + contracts, Don Giovanni, Poppea, EMI Anthology: anniversary album, Busch Glyndebourne Figaro album, Love of Three Oranges, Cosi with EMI.

1981 – 82 Television and Video & Televising of Poppea 1984
Televising of Poppea docs and corres, Goldcrest corres ’81-’82, NVC, Boyd & Co, Gavrick Losey, John Coast (Sam Adams), World Telemedia, Grenada, Thorn EMI, Roger Hancock, France Musique, BBC and Kaleidoscope

1981-82 BBC Proms and LIVE
Don Giovanni Lie, Prom singers, prom correspondence, Orfeo Prom, LTO Live.

Box: TVS 1981-84
Recordings and agreements for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Barber of Seville, Love of the Three Oranges, Orfeo and Eurydice, information of the ‘digital TV’ future, agreement assigning all TVS rights in the 4 operas to NVC.

NVC Contracts – All. Alphabetical Files x7

1982-85 TV
Albert Herring and Carmen recording schedules, Higglety Pigglety Pop confirmation and discussions, Arabella, Cenerentola, Idomineo, Intermezzo and Poppea schedules, documentary details, file notes.

1983-85 BBC Proms Relays Live
Proms correspondence, Live correspondence

1983 – 88 BBC TV (Treasury file)
Where Wild Things Are, Arabella, Poppea – invoices, expenses, Finance docs

1984 – 1986 Correspondence with:
NVC/Classic Performance Guild/Video Arts International/Longman/Thorn EMI/Philips Laservision – via Vivienne Moore (Head of Publicity)

1984 – Television up to 1987
Arabella & Poppea, BBC correspondence and Arts International Correspondence, Ravel double bill, Higglety, La Traviata with Channel 4, Last Summer

1985/87 EMI Recordings – Figaro, Cosi, Porgy and Bess
Recording schedules, P&B + Figaro contact addresses, Royal Festival Hall details and hiring contract, equity contract, performers confirmation letters,

Folder: 1985-87 Correspondence with Christie/Barnes/Tolansky
Archive agreement draft, discussions about releasing 1963 Pelleas et Melisande,

1985- 1989 EMI BD/AW-J
Compact discs, Katya, Porgy, schedules, artist availability, Figaro, Herring, other operas.

1985-1991 TV Recordings (AWJ)
Cosi + Figaro recording schedules, London Festival Hall schedule for Figaro + details of performers and orchestra, EMI correspondence re Cosi recording.
La Clemeza di Tito – BBC artists list pages, libretto + schedule, draft credits with details from TVS, Jenufa schedule and details from TVS, future planned recordings.

Box: 1985 – 1996 National Video Corporation (M .Beddy)
Royalty summary for all recordings with NVC, discussions re Midsummer + Arabella + Poppea video covers, The Opera Collection – Carmen negotiations + contract +schedule, Lulu tv recording, Theodora negotiations, Manon Lescaut + Le Comte Ory discussions, distribution statements, more corresp re The Markopoulos Case dispute, The draft UK Copyright and Rights of Performers Regulations 1995 press release, discussions re unauthorised release of Figaro 1958 – found on sale, Ermione and Don Giovanni broadcasts, Finance statements re Idomeneo + Barber, DG budgets, cast lists for Theodora + Lulu + Ermione, orchestra lists + contract + BECTU fee outlines, article ‘Shakespeare didn’t need a Subsidy’, London Film Commission – Database, NVC 1995 Settlements statements, Channel 4/Glyndebourne agreement

Finance: TV Repeat Fees –

Folder: 1986 – BBC/TV Chorus ex GB
Requests for those not in the Chorus to perform for the recording – requests for leave from engagements to take part.

Folder: 1986 BBC and Peter Hall – TV Discussions
Discussions and copies of newspaper articles discussing Hall’s fall out with the BBC re Simon Boccanegra, Standard opera producers contract, NVC pullout,

1986-87 BBC Prom
Traviata, artists availability, contracts, Porgy prom cancellation, Boccanegra, Radio Porgy.

1986 – 1989 TVS, Channel 4, and Pickwick
La Traviata ’87 negotiations and agreements, future project negotiations, Ravel double bill, negotiations for Katya Kabanova, Telso correspondence, negotiations for Jenufa

TV Recordings – Various (1987 – 1993)
NVC Figaro negotiations and future contracts, Southern Television discussions over unreleased videos, spare contract copies for this period, Opera Ballet Consumer launch ’85, Arts International listings, Landseer & GPL agreement, Longman correspondence, Mediascope correspondence re Die Zauberflote & a Clemenza di Tito, Pickwick memorandums and correspondence !990-2, RPTA/Primetime correspondence 1991-97, C. Swann Assoc. 1992 agreement and correspondence – 1994, Telso agreement for Jenufa & Katya & Traviata ’90 – ’92, ’88 – ’89 Telso communications re distribution of La Traviata.

1987 – Television
Historical old Fees, 1983 fee and cast lists, Wild Things & Higglety cast address lists, 1984 cast lists and addresses, 1985 contracts and cast lists and timetables, 1987 Ravel double bill confirmation

1987-88 NVC
Correspondence re ‘Fifty Years of Glyndebourne’ documentary.

1988-89 EMI Porgy and Bess contract

1988-92 BBC Prom
Queen of Spades, Clemenza di Tito, Katya Kabanova, Figaro, Jenufa, Falstaff,

1988 – 1994 BBC Radio Live Relays
Katya, Jenufa, Flute, New Year, Cosi, Grimes, Beatrice & Benedict, Love & Death, Figaro

1988-1990 – AWJ Pioneer LCD + LaserDisc
Discussions with NHK, copies of articles on Arabella, general correspondence, invoice for tickets for GFO, LCD Promotion pack

1989 GTO – Death In Venice including TV
Recording schedule, cast lists, tech requirements, breakdown of artists in scenes, camera plots, corresp re fees, negotiations with RM Assoc re rights, rehearsal schedules, rehearsal notes, travel arrangements, initial negotiations

1989 – 1995 TV Broadcasting (M Beddy)
General, BBC, Antelope/Meridian, NHK, TVS, Second Mrs Kong

1989-1996 Press – Television and Video
Poster for open day drafts, video release booklet for Glynd shop, NVC credits proposals, merchandise booklets, Rakes Progress Libretto, Gala video covers, Clemenza di Tito video covers, The Queen of Spades video covers, Mettier Sound and Vision correspondence, lists of televised productions, Ottakar’s deals, lists of video recordings, Manon Lescaut, Aida, Der Rosenkavalier, i Lombardi, Peter Grimes, Nabucco, la Fancuilla del West, Samson et Dalila, die Fledermaus, the Nutcracker, Natasha, the sleeping beauty, La Boheme, Otello, Placido video covers. Photocopies of Midsummer, Carmen, the Barber of Seville and Intermezzo video covers.

TV and Video Sales from 07/1989 to Feb 1990
Love of Three Oranges, Carmen, Idomeneo, Carmen (extract), Barber of Seville, La Cenerentola, Idomeneo, Albert Herring, Carmen, Orfeo ed Euridice, Love of Three Oranges, Arabella, Ravel double Bill, L’Incoronazione di Poppea & the agreed, but not signed Arabella.

1989-98 Music Department – TV Recordings
Cast lists, discussions of TV and radio contracts, BBC New Year TV recording, invoices, fees,

Television + Video sales
Agreements for: 1981 Oranges, 1981 Orfeo, 1982 Barber, 1983 Dream, 1983 Idomeneo, 1983 Intermezzo, 1983 Cenerentola, 1984 Where Wild Things Are, 1984 Higgelty Piggelty Pop!, 1984 Arabella, 1984 Poppea, 1985 Carmen, 1985 Albert Herring, 1987 Ravel Double Bill, Glyndebourne: a celebration Janet Baker ‘Full Circle’

1990 – Correspondence re TV recording of Capriccio.
Strauss’ family’s dislike of our production & consequent cancellation of TV/video recording.

1990 – 1995 TV Recordings RM Associates
Death in Venice corresp, La Clemenza di Tito, Queen of Spades, La Traviata, discussions about: Peter Grimmes, Eugene Onegin with proposal, Don Giovanni, and a new Opera by Birstwistle, Pique Dame for BBC and Poorhouse, Gala account – pioneer license fee,
Long term agreement with RM Arts. R.M Assoc New Programmes ’93-‘94

1990 – 1996 Channel 4 Correspondence & draft contracts (M Beddy)

1990-1996 – Mark Beddy (Finance Director) Correspondence re Proms and BBC Radio plays.

1993-1994 – EMI Glyndebourne recorded CD + Glyndebourne recorded book & CD. Promotion - 7th June 1994
Copies of press cuttings and articles, special offer order forms copies, draft blurbs, copies of Poppea and Idomineo photos, draft cover proofs, discussions about the 60th anniversary CD, correspondence about the first ever recorded production in 1934, lists of EMI records with Glyndebourne, Paul’s ideas (handwritten).
Promotional Lunch correspondence

1995 – 1997 Warrior Films (M Beddy)
Dispute over costs regarding recording of The Makropulos Case.

1996-1997 – TV + Radio Press
BBC correspondence re Cosi clip, channel 4 press release on £1 mill deal with NVC, Surf 107, NVC licensing deal, Helen O’Neill retirement, schedule for Lulu recording, preparations for Frankfurt Book Fair (inc images), Soundbite Productions proposal, correspondence from Graham Buchan re short TV item for foreign office’s ‘UK Today’ series.

1996 – 2002 ‘On Such a Night’, Finance Directors File
Archive file re producing videos to sell, 1990
Mark Beddy correspondence.

1996 – 2004 TV and Broadcasting (S Hopwood)

1996 – 2005 Channel 4 TV (S Hopwood)

1998-99 TV and Radio Contracts
Flight, BBC Cosi, BBC Rodelinda, NVC Rodelinda, Montreaux Festival, BBC Prom of Simon Boccanegra, BBC Radio Tito, Prom: Pelleas, BBC Radio of Bartered Bride.

2000 – 2002 Broadcasting & Media Development (S Hopwood)
Susan Morris – BBC report, negotiations of contract with BBC, RM & GPL, consultancy agreement.
Proposed GPL Music and Video Franchise, LSO live discussions, list of GPL commercial recordings, web development, BETU agreement, Carmen budget + artist contracts. Minutes of MIDEM meeting, Media Development strategy, Eurofinance Multimedia promo pack, Hazel Wright correspondence + invoices, Energis UK summary of Glyndebourne Server & Streaming Media Requirements & Costings, Silver Apples invoices, Estimated net cost of Media Development to GPL, GPL Sceen Media cash flow, Floating Truck correspondence + invoices, Show Connections LTD – Proposal for Television facilities at GPL, Alfa International, GPL monthly report, Jonathan Dove commission contract, PowerPoint slides of web promotion presentation, Kabel New Media (Brighton), Grosvenor Park – Sale and Leaseback Scheme for Qualifying British Films.

2002 Carmen

2003 Die Fledermaus – Live broadcast and DVD recording

2003 Tristan und Isolde

2004 - Double Bill – Live broadcast and DVD recording.

2006 – Opus Arte Schedule for Live Cosi Recording

2006 Betrothal live pre-edit recording (project abandoned)
Recording companies (various)

2006 - 2008 - Glyndebourne Record Label (early stages) S Hopwood, John Barnes contract

2009-2010 DVD public licence agreements

John Barnes correspondence