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John Christie Correspondence, General Correspondence, G Correspondents

Reference code: G/CC/1/2/8
Level: File
Title: John Christie Correspondence, General Correspondence, G Correspondents
Quantity & Format: 46 letters
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Creator(s): Christie, John
Scope and content: Contains correspondence to and from -
Frank Gaisberg, The Gramophone Co. Ltd, 1934 (1 letter)

Melissa Gardener, 1958 (2 letters + a hand drawn map)

Philippa Gibson, Commonwealth-America Week, 1959 (2 letters)

XXX Gifford, 1957 (1 letter)

A Gifford Portman, 1957 (2 letters)

Harry G Giles, 1957 (1 letter)

Harriet Gilpatric, Director, Metropolitan Opera Guild New York City, 1959 (1 letter)

Penelope Gilliatt, Features Editor at Vogue, 1957 and 1958 (4 letters) references a photo shoot with Anthony Armstrong Jones, Lord Snowden, of John Christie at Glyndebourne

Anthony Gishford, 1946 (2 letters)
John Christie writes, “Thank you very much for sending “The Rape of Lucretia” which I have sent to Queen Mary…We sold every seat, including the odd ones, for the whole of our 16 performances, except those few given to Press and others. Next year performances will be very much better.”

John Glanfield, Sussex Opera Club, 1946 (2 letters)

M.C.Glasgow, Secretary-General of The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 (3 letters + the Minutes from the 1st meeting of the Arts Council’s Opera and Ballet Panel, 27 February 1948)

Cedric Glover, 1957 (1 letter)

John Goff, Government House Ottawa, 1941 (1 letter)

Doreen Goode, 1958 (3 letters)

Noel Goodwin, Music Critic The Daily Express, 1958 (3 letters) “...our auditorium was not built out of a barn, but was designed to be in keeping with the pre-Tudor house.”

John Gordon, 1957 (1 letter)

W.D.Gosling, Barclays Bank, 1958 (3 letters)

Fred Gowen, 1945 (1 letter)

Margery Goy, 1959 (1 letter)

General Sir Charles Grant, 1942 (1 letter)

Dr Greenhouse Allt, President of The National Music Council of Great Britain, 1960 (2 letters)

Ivor L.Gregory, 1941 (1 letter)

Vittorio Gui, 1958 and 1960 (1 letter)

Tore Berger Gundersen, 1959 (2 letters)

Ann Gurney, 1958 (2 letters + a wedding invitation)

Chedworth Gwynne, 1958 (2 letters)
Chedworth Gwynne writes, “You have been instrumental in giving pleasure to countless numbers of people through the hard work you have done at Glyndebourne.”

John Christie writes, “All has gone well this year, although to read the critics yesterday morning on Susanna’s Secret and Ariadne, you might imagine it to be otherwise.”

Colonel Roley Gwynne, 1960 (4 letters)

Also includes -
A reminiscence entitled ‘A remembered Pleasure’ by an Unknown Correspondent, originally filed under Guides. Mentions of Glyndebourne, John Christie, Fritz Busch and Carl Ebert