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John Christie Correspondence, Glyndebourne Business Correspondence, Correspondence between John Christie and Moran Caplat, Ian Hunter and staff at the London Office at 23 Baker Street, 1946 - 1954

Reference code: G/CC/1/4/3
Level: File
Title: John Christie Correspondence, Glyndebourne Business Correspondence, Correspondence between John Christie and Moran Caplat, Ian Hunter and staff at the London Office at 23 Baker Street, 1946 - 1954
Date: 1946 -1954
Quantity & Format: 148 letters
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Creator(s): Christie, John
Caplat, Moran
Hunter, Ian
Scope and content: 1946, 06 letters

1947, 10 letters
Letter of 09 October states “For Macbeth pre war orchestra we had 53 in the pit and 16 in the stage band.”

Letter of 24 March is concerned with the car park

Letter of 19 February is concerned with prices for public dress rehearsals

Letter of 13 February is concerned with re-numbering the seats in the auditorium

Letter of 11 February is concerned with the formation of the “Group”

1948, 12 letters + 2 copies of Estimates of Expenditure and a handwritten document by John Christie concerning the Musicians Union fighting a battle with the BBC

1949, 07 letters

1950, 20 letters
Letters of 14 April and 29 March 1950 concern ‘Broadcasts from Glyndebourne’ on the BBC

1951, 12 letters
Letter of 21 November reminds John that the Conductor and Music Director Georg Solti will be coming to lunch

Letter of 11 June, from Ian Hunter, is concerned with an article called 'The Glyndebourne Opera' by Dyneley Hussey. Hunter writes, “Personally, I think it is a very fair assessment of Glyndebourne’s work at Edinburgh.”

1952, 26 letters

1953, 30 letters, includes the announcement of the death of Audrey Christie to the staff and the pledge to open the Glyndebourne Festival on June 7th, “by her own wish.”

Also includes an information sheet about ‘The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci’ and a Guest List for “Mr Christie’s Reception”.

1954, 14 letters, includes letters addressed to Rosamond Christie at 23 Baker Street