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    - G/CC/2/2 - Audrey Christie Correspondence, Correspondence between Audrey Christie and Glyndebourne Staff, 1946 - 1953
      - G/CC/2/2/4 - Audrey Christie Correspondence, Correspondence between Audrey Christie and Margaret Bellamy, 1950 - 1952

Audrey Christie Correspondence, Correspondence between Audrey Christie and Margaret Bellamy, Group of personal papers from 1951 to the 1960s, addressed to and from Margaret Bellamy

Reference code: G/CC/2/2/4/1
Level: Item
Title: Audrey Christie Correspondence, Correspondence between Audrey Christie and Margaret Bellamy, Group of personal papers from 1951 to the 1960s, addressed to and from Margaret Bellamy
Date: 1951 - 1960s
Quantity & Format: 32 letters and 03 documents
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Creator(s): Bellamy, Margaret
Scope and content: Group of personal papers from 1951 to the 1960s, which are addressed to and from Margaret Bellamy and Doreen Ash, Anthony Besch, Moran Caplat, Audrey Christie, John Christie, Mary Christie, Rosamond Christie, Carl Ebert, Gertie Ebert, Janet Moores, E.Scott Norman, J.Spedan Lewis.

Documents = Newspaper clipping from The Times referencing John Christie’s memorial service, Margaret Bellamy’s Membership Card for the Glyndebourne Sunday Club and a typescript of Margaret Bellamy’s memories of the years she worked for Audrey and John Christie.

In a letter from John Christie to Margaret Bellamy, 08 January 1954, John Christie writes, “It was Audrey who changed my policy from the mere idea of doing Opera in England for the English - because in 1931 it existed so little in this Country - to the purpose (sic!) of doing it supremely well. We immediately collaborated on this new purpose, changed radically the plans of the Opera House, engaged Fritz Busch who brought Carl Ebert, and embarked on the scheme of presenting International Opera on the highest level with the younger singers and fresh voices and the best coaches and the best conditions of rehearsal.”

He continues, “It was Audrey’s plan - she was the leader…I said I should not have done this without her. She said she could not have done it without me.”
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