Moran Caplat Correspondence, General Correspondence, 1949/1950
- Reference code
- G/CC/8/1/4
- Level
- File
- Title
- Moran Caplat Correspondence, General Correspondence, 1949/1950
- Date
- 1949/1950
- Quantity & Format
- 1,506 letters & documents in 02 boxes
- Repository
- Glyndebourne Archive
- Creator(s)
- Caplat, Moran
- Scope and content
-
Box 1
Folder 1
A
Elizabeth Abercrombie (01 letter)
(The letter is addressed to Audrey Christie)
Elizabeth Abercrombie writes, 03 August 1950, “Thank you once again for your letter & for a lovely 1950 Glyndebourne season - a real oasis in the opera desert of today.”
Accommodation (06 letters)
Colonel Adams, Solicitors (31 letters, 04 documents)
[Documents = 2 copies of a Fire Prevention Inspection Report; Conditions of Association with The Arts Council of Great Britain; A specimen copy of the Glyndebourne Productions artist contract]
Aifa (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Pro-forma from Afia]
The Aix Festival (02 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Programme for the IIIme Festival International de Musique Aix En Provence 1950; Transcription of a talk by Isaiah Berlin for the BBC Third Programme entitled Don Giovanni at Aix en Provence]
Miss Allen, John Christie Ltd (02 letters)
Ambassadors Scenic Studios Ltd (03 letters)
Anello and Davide (01 letter)
Warwick Armstrong (02 letters)
[01 letter is a letter of introduction for Warwick Armstrong from Tyrone Guthrie, 22 September 1950]
Miss Arnold (01 letter)
The Arts Council of Great Britain (15 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Calendar of opera and ballet touring dates]
Miss Ash, Glyndebourne Estate Office (07 letters)
George Austin (05 letters)
The Automobile Association Ltd (03 letters)
Nellie Ayre (06 letters)
Folder 2
B
Bryan Balkwill, Glyndebourne Music Staff (07 letters)
H.Baron (01 document)
[Document = List of vocal scores]
Baxter Brothers (03 letters + a sample of cloth)
Margaret Bellamy (06 letters)
Dr F Berend (03 letters)
Bern Stadttheater, Dr Nef (05 letters)
[02 letters are written in German]
Anthony Besch (07 letters)
[Re: The appointment of Anthony Besch as Moran Caplat’s Assistant]
J.D.Bicknell, The Gramphone Company (06 letters)
[contains 03 letters of introduction from J.D.Bicknell for Audrey Christie and Moran Caplat to music industry contacts in Italy]
Moran Caplat writes, 22 February 1950, "Unfortunately Mr Christie had a heart attack last week, and although he is happily recovered from it he will have to take life very easily for some little time, and Mrs Christie feels in the circumstances we shall have to postpone our Italian trip.”
Rudolf Bing (07 letters)
The Birmingham Repertory Theatre Playgoers’ Society (11 letters)
Dorothy Bond (02 letters)
Dino Borgioli (01 letter)
Molly Bowring (07 letters)
Box Office (19 letters)
[contains a letter from 1951]
W.S.Brooke Coaches (08 letters, 01 document
[Document = Notes about travelling to and from Glyndebourne]
The British Actors Equity Association (01 document)
[Document = Standard Equity Contract for Ballet]
BBC (32 letters, 08 documents)
[contains 15 letters and 02 documents from 1948 and 1949]
[Documents = Contracts for broadcasts; Schedules for the Edinburgh International Festival for ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ and ‘Cosi Fan Tutti’; Lists of performances to be broadcast]
The British Charities Association (13 letters)
The British Council (02 letters)
British Dance Theatre (04 letters + 03 documents)
[Documents = Programme for British Dance Theatre; Programme for The British Dance Theatre: The Art of Movement Studio; Publicity flyer for a Modern Ballet show by Chepstow Theatre Club]
Mr Brown, Saunton Sands Hotel (03 letters)
[Re: Glyndebourne’s wines]
L.Bullock-Webster (03 letters)
Jack Brymer (03 letters)
Folder 3
C
Calvalcade Films Ltd (01 letter)
Madame Camus (06 letters)
[03 letters are written in French]
April Cantelo (04 letters)
Moran Caplat (02 letters)
Carfax (01 letter)
Messrs Caribonum Ltd (01 letter)
Joseph Carl, Designer (05 letters)
Catering (18 letters)
The Chappel Piano Company Ltd (08 letters)
The Children’s Theatre (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = The monthly bulletin of The International Theatre Institute, October 1950]
Chorus (02 letters)
Cecil Clacy (01 letter)
Messrs Claridge (01 letter)
Cloakroom Attendants (06 letters)
E. Cohen-Andre (02 letters + 03 documents)
[Documents = 03 publicity documents entitled ‘Introduction to Opera’]
Horace Collins (01 letter)
Contracts (03 documents)
[Documents = Glyndebourne Productions Ltd standard contracts for Chorus and Ballet]
George Coop (04 letters)
Courtaulds Ltd (02 letters)
Covent Garden, The Royal Opera House (12 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Programmes for the Royal Opera House 13 November 1950 - 13 January 1951, 19 October - 25 November 1950, 12- 23 September 1950]
John Craig (01 letter)
The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd (04 letters)
Customs & Excise (04 letters)
Folder 4
D
John Dalrymple, Producer’s Assistant during the 1950 seasons (14 letters)
Olwen Davies, Soprano (03 letters)
Dean & Dawson (13 letters)
Decca Record Company (01 letter)
Norman del Mar, Glyndebourne Musical Staff (02 letters)
Peter Diamand (04 letters)
Dinley Studios (07 letters)
Miss Divall (01 letter)
Dorothy Dixon (04 letters)
Hubert Downes (01 document)
[Document = Agents publicity card for Herbert Downes, Viola]
Dress Rehearsals (02 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = Lists of Dress Rehearsals Tickets, drafts from the Box Office]
Folder 5
E
East Sussex Education Committee (04 letters)
Eastbourne Publicity (11 letters)
Peter and Kathleen Ebert (07 letters)
W.E.Edwards (06 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Provisional estimate of costs]
EMI Sale & Service (02 letters)
Alberto Erede (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to Audrey Christie. NB: the letter is written on very fragile paper]
Geriant Evans (01 letter)
F
The Favil Press Ltd (14 letters + 02 documents)
[Documents = 02 x proof business reply postcards]
Kathleen Ferrier (02 letters)
Fire Service (01 letter)
Lady Muriel Forteviot (02 letters)
R.A.Foster, Black Dyke Mills (02 letters)
M.Fowler, Secretary of The Children’s Theatre (04 letters)
George Francis (02 letters)
Ernest Frank (07 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to Audrey Christie]
Messrs Freeman Bros (01 letter)
Folder 6
G
Messrs Gamba (04 letters)
Rolf Gerard (33 letters)
[NB: The letter from Rolf Gerard to Moran Caplat, 25 January 1950, contains Gerard’s sketches for scenery. There is also correspondence with Dr van Loewen, International Copyright Agency. There are also samples of fabric attached to some letters]
T.R.C Goff (05 letters)
Goldsbrough Orchestra (03 letters)
Berthold Goldschmidt (06 letters)
Goodwin & Tabb (02 letters)
Jack Gough (13 letters)
The Gramophone Company (15 letters)
Vittorio Gui (13 letters)
H
Marion, Countess of Harewood (02 letters)
M.Harland & Son Ltd, Printers (06 letters, 04 documents)
[Documents = Printed Glyndebourne tickets for the red and blue balconies]
Ernst Hartmann [02 letters, 01 document]
[Document = Programme for a Morley College Concert Society performance of ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea’ 1947 -1948]
Kathryn Harvey (01 letter)
Charles Herman, Assistant Producer (04 letters)
Dr Hilbert (03 letters)
[two of the telegrams are written in German]
Holland Festival, Peter Diamand (05 letters + 01 document)
[Document = Publicity document for ‘The Holland Festival Society’. John and Audrey Christie were among the Honorary Members]
Harold Holt (08 letters + 03 documents)
[Documents = Headshot photograph of Bernhard Sonnerstedt; Photograph of Bernhard Sonnerstedt as Count Gremin in Eugene Onegin; Publicity poster for a song recital by Bernhard Sonnerstedt]
Kitty Hubbard (04 letters)
Anthony Hudson (08 letters)
Stan Huggett (01 letter)
Folder 7
I
Ibbs & Tillett, Musical & Concert Agents (16 letters)
[concerning artists Maria Wolkowsky, Marimi del Pozo, Richard Lewis, Dorothy Bond & Marjorie Thomas]
Ingpen & Williams, Concert Agents (15 letters)
The International Theatre Institute (01 letter, 02 documents)
[Documents relating to a Travelling Fellowship and multiple copies of an information form]
Italian Ambassador/Italian Institute (03 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = An invitation to a piano recital; An invitation to The Scala Theatre Exhibition]
J
Horace Jackson (19 letters)
Alan Jefferson, Toynbee Hall (05 letters)
Miss Johnston (02 letters)
Sena Jurinac (03 letters)
K
Derrick Kay (03 letters)
Elster Kay (03 letters)
Harry Kellard (02 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Harry Kellard’s contract to be in charge of the Glyndebourne wardrobe; 02 receipts for monthly salaries]
Otokar Kraus (02 letters)
Erich Kunz (03 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to Audrey Christie]
Folder 8
L
Ministry of Labour (05 letters)
[Work permit applications for Charles Robert Herman, Alda Noni, Blanche Thebom, Fritz Busch, Carl Ebert]
Elizabeth Latham (06 letters)
Martin Lawrence (02 letters + 01 document)
[Document = Showcard for Martin Lawrence]
Ernest Legal (03 letters)
[01 letter is written in German]
Walter Legge (38 letters)
[Includes signed contracts for a recording and performance of Debussy’s Nocturne] Moran Caplat writes in the contracts, 23 September 1950, “This is the first time that the Glyndebourne Chorus has appeared away from a Glyndebourne production, and we very much hope that it will not be the last time. We rely upon you all to live up to the good reputation which you have achieved at Glyndebourne and in Edinburgh .”
Contracts for (and some letters from) -
Helen Anderson
Patricia Andrews
Margaret Barnes
April Cantelo
Nicola Darwin
Mary Davenport
Una Fairfield
Barbara Gill
Jean Grayston
Zuilmah Hopkins
Joyce Lang
Ingrid Marshall
Lucie Michael
Francesca McCallum
Tatiana Preston
Joan Stuart
Erich Leinsdorf (04 letters)
L. Leonidoff (01 letter)
[The letter is written in French]
Lewes Music Festival (06 documents)
[Documents = Agendas for meetings; ‘List of Concerts in Schools, Autumn Term, 1950’]
Liverpool Festival (04 letters)
John Lewis & Co, Catering (07 letters)
John Lewis & Co, Costume (04 letters)
J. Spedan Lewis (31 letters)
[Contains letters addressed to John and Audrey Christie]
In a letter from Spedan Lewis to John Christie, 20 March 1950, Spedan Lewis writes, “It sounds very much as if the thing was working out similarly to my own idea that the Partnership might have a second Glyndebourne on our land above the Thames at Cookham in a very beautiful situation and within easy reach of Cookham Station on the branch line from Maidenhead and that we might fit our season on to yours and join forces generally.”
Richard Lewis (05 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 31 May 1950, “Mr Kellard asked me to ask you if you will kindly draw your feet (without shoes) on the enclosed pieces of paper for the shoemakers.”
Libraries (01 letter)
Eric Linklater (03 letters)
[Re: Asking Linklater to write a book about Glyndebourne. He declines.]
Lister & Co Ltd (02 letters)
Dr O.E.Loeb (03 letters)
Dr Loeb writes, 15 December 1949, “I was delighted to hear from you that the Dark Age appears to be ending, and we shall have Glyndebourne once again next summer, and I do hope that as in the past my firm will once more have the privilege of endeavouring to supply drinks which still vie in quality with the music.”
Dr Jan van Loewen (04 letters)
London Choral Society (01 letter, 03 documents)
[Documents = Membership application form; Compliments slip; Programme for the London Choral Society’s 1950-51 season]
London Opera Club (13 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Minutes of AGM 27 October 1950; Publicity flyer for Susanna’s Secret and Prima Dona; Application form for the London Opera Club]
Colette Lorand (01 letter)
Libero de Luca (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Agent’s photographic card for Libero de Luca]
Ruth Lynam, Glyndebourne Press Office (03 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Article written by Ruth Lynam for the News entitled ‘Carl Ebert’. The article upset Fritz Busch because it made no reference to him and the origins of Glyndebourne]
Lynford-Joel Promotions (05 letters)
Box 2
Folder 9
M
Herbert Menges (01 letter)
Ministry of Labour and National Service (02 letters)
Miscellaneous (04 letters)
[Letters to and from Marriott’s Photo Stores Ltd; The English Speaking Union; Thank you card from Calypso Browning; Information sheet about the Union Rehearsal Rooms]
George Montagu (02 letters)
Janet Moores, Secretary to Moran Caplat (09 letters)
[Contains correspondence to and from Edmund Juszezyk, Heather (member of Glyndebourne’s staff), Wilfred Granville, Paul Schwarz (01 letter is written in German, Audrey Loeb)]
R.J.Moores (01 letter)
J.E.Morpurgo, The Falcon Press (04 letters)
J.Morris, Glyndebourne’s official Fireman for the 1950 season (03 letters)
Cherry Morrison, Head of the Staff Canteen (09 letters)
A&S Moss Ltd (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Envelope with fabric requirements scribbled on]
Musicians’ Benevolent Fund (01 letter, 02 documents)
[Documents = Invitation addressed to John Christie; Programme for a recital on 12 April 1950]
Music Users’ Federation Ltd (03 documents)
[Documents = An urgent call to action document; Terms of subscription; A questionnaire]
Mac
Compton Mackenzie (09 letters)
[Re: Writing a book about Glyndebourne. He declines.]
Mc
Angus Mcbean (01 letter)
Folder 10
N
National Car Parks (13 letters)
New Theatre (01 letter)
Alda Noni, Soprano (27 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 22 March 1950, “It is now almost certain that Glyndebourne will visit America in October to give performances of ‘Cosi’, ‘Entfuhrung’ and ‘Figaro’ at the Washington Sesquicentennial Festival in Washington, the capital of the United States of America. The President will attend performances of all three operas, and of course all the Diplomats in Washington will be there too, in fact it will be a great occasion in America and a wonderful platform for singers to introduce themselves.”
[This visit never happened]
E.Scott Norman (13 letters, 06 documents)
Nuthalls, Caterers (17 letters, 04 documents)
[Documents = Credit notes from Nuthalls; Wine list; Document detailing the catering arrangements and ‘Applicants for Work in the Catering Department’ at Glyndebourne]
Moran Caplat writes, 28 July 1950 “I do not know how you feel about your Season at Glyndebourne but I know that we feel the whole season has been a big success. Not a little part of this was due to the excellence of your catering and to the “Glyndebourne atmosphere” which your staff succeeded in maintaining, both to those of us who are resident here and to the public. There really has not been a single unhappy occasion, which in the catering history of Glyndebourne, believe me, is in itself a record.”
O
Office (02 letters)
[Letters to and from The Initial Towel Supply Co.]
Hans Oppenheim (07 letters)
Organisation Artistique Internationale (06 letters)
[02 letters are written in French]
Oxford University Opera Club (09 letters, 01 documents)
[Document = Programme for ‘Les Troyens’ by The Oxford University Opera Club]
Folder 11
P
Vittoria Palombini (05 letters)
[Includes a letter from Audrey Christie to Moran Caplat and a letter from Vittoria Palombini to Audrey Christie]
Reece Pemberton, Designer (02 letters)
Ronald Perry (03 letters)
Petrol Ration (01 letter)
Photographs for Publicity (02 letters)
Mirto Picchi (01 letter)
Pictorial Press (04 letters)
Photographs (01 letter, 05 documents)
[Documents = Lists of photographs and negative numbers, possibly for photographs taken by Roger Wood]
Plans and Drawings, G.W.Povey (04 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Copy of ‘Schedule of Prices for Photo Prints’]
Police (02 letters)
Messrs Pratts (03 letters)
Tatiana Preston (01 letter)
Printing (01 letter)
Prince of Wales Theatre (01 letter)
John Pritchard, Conductor (09 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Publicity flyer of Museum Gallery Concerts at the V&A conducted by John Pritchard; Programme for a ‘Survey of Concerts in 1949’ at the R.B.A Galleries]
Publicity Photos for Pictorial Press (02 letters)
[Re. Photographs to be taken by Roger Wood at the Edinburgh Festival]
Publicity (34 letters, 04 documents)
[Documents = Times Advertisement details; Rate card for the Sussex Express & County Herald; Document entitled ‘Glyndebourne 1950’ detailing the Festival and a meeting of the Brighton Philharmonic Society Ltd]
Baron Puthon (01 letter)
Moran Caplat writes, 31 October 1949, “...that we shall be ready at any time to co-operate with Salzburg in anything that contributes to our mutual advantage and the furtherance of our artistic aims.”
Folder 12
R
Railway Executive, Southern Region (22 letters)
Maria (?) Rawnsley (02 letters)
Reeves Photographers (07 documents)
Routh & Stevens (01 letter)
Stephen Rhys (07 letters)
Ringmer Building Works (40 letters)
Ringmer Motor Works (12 letters)
Ursula Richter (02 letters)
[01 letter is written in German]
Romeike & Curtis (09 letters)
Harold Rosenthal (05 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 21 April 1950, “The chief difficulty as far as I am concerned is in co-ordinating the views of Professor Ebert and Dr. Busch who are thousands of miles apart from each other, and even more thousands of miles distant from this office.”
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (09 letters)
The Royal Station Hotel (03 letters)
Folder 13
S
Sadlers Wells Theatre (04 letters)
St John Ambulance Brigade (02 letters)
Messrs Salabert (01 letter)
[Re: Audrey Christie losing a crescent shape brooch with rubies, diamonds and pearls]
Salzburg (01 letter)
Peggy Sampson, Orchestra (02 letters)
Rudolf Schock (01 letter)
Hans Schneider (01 letter)
Selfridges (01 letter)
Shellys Hotel, Lewes (02 letters)
Mary Shore (04 letters)
B.J.Simmons & Co., Historical and Theatre Costumiers (04 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Credit Note and Statement of Account]
Smith, Dalby & Welch (01 letter)
Norman Smith (10 letters)
W.H.Smith (03 letters)
Soap Permit (05 letters)
Southdown Motor Services (08 letters)
South Eastern Electricity Board (05 letters)
South Eastern Gas Board (01 letter)
Polygon Hotel, Southampton (02 letters)
Spotlight (02 letters)
Maureen Springer (03 letters)
Stage Play Licence (01 document)
The Stage (01 letter)
Stage Managers, Nancy Seabrooke and K.B.Short (04 letters)
William L Stein, Theatrical Agent (02 letters)
Fritz Stiedry (02 letters)
Dennis Stephenson, Tenor (01 letter)
Jani Strasser, Chief Coach (12 letters)
Mr Stuckenschmidt (01 letter)
Glyndebourne Sunday Club (01 letter)
Sussex Rural Community Council (04 letters, 01 document)
[contains a letter from 1951]
[Document = Programme for The Sussex County Full-Length Drama Festival, Finals Day, 1950, held at Glyndebourne]
Folder 14
T
Dorothy Taylor, Wardrobe (04 letters)
Telephones, Post Office (03 letters)
Television (01 letter)
Tempo (01 letter)
The Theatrical Managers Association (34 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = A report of the Council of Management; List of members; Memorandum of Agreement]
Blanche Thebom, Mezzo-Soprano (13 letters)
Liesl Topol (05 letters)
Turner Inman (02 letters)
Typewriter Service Company (01 letters)
Folder 15
U
University of London Appointments Board (06 letters)
Ushers (21 letters, 03 documents)
[Filed as found as a group. Documents = List of Ushers and their addresses; Rota for Rosemary Bond; Memo detailing the offer for Ushers, e.g. free transport between Lewes and Glyndebourne]
V
Zoe Vlachopoulou (02 letters)
W
Ian Wallace (03 letters)
Wardrobe, Juliet Magny (02 letters)
The Wellington Press (02 letters)
Dennis Wicks (01 letter)
Wig Creations (04 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Statement of invoices]
Wigmore Hall (01 letter)
Roger Wood, Photographer (09 letters)
Henry Wrong (03 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Newspaper clippings from The New York Times Re: Rudolf Bing making decisions since taking over as General Manager]
E.W.Wyatt, Builder (02 letters)
Wilfrid van Wyck (04 letters)
[Re: The possible engagement of Maria Stader)
X
Glyndebourne Xmas Voucher with John Lewis (09 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = Rough proof for the 1950 voucher; proof of an advertisement for the vouchers; a dummy of the voucher, copies of the content of the dummy, and announcement card about the decorative furniture department at Peter Jones]
Z
Messrs Zerny’s (01 letter)
Folder 16
1950 Documents -
Publicity flyer for the 1950 Salzburg Festival
‘A Proposal for the establishment of A Foundation Fund for Glyndebourne’
Draft letter concerning the ‘generosity of the John Lewis Partnership’ for the 1950 Festival
Timings for Cosi Fan Tutte and Die Entfuhrung
Rehearsal Schedule
Memorandum, 18 July 1950 concerning arrangements for a photo call
Press Release, 19 July 1950
“Cosi” Timings
Principals for Cosi Fan Tutte and Entfuhrung
Schedule for rehearsals and performances for Glyndebourne 1950
Draft casting proposals
Notes ‘...intended to help members of the company who are guests during the period of rehearsals’
Cast and crew lists for the 1950 season
A group of various handwritten lists, including an Estimated Budget for the 1950 Season
A schedule for conductors in Glyndebourne, Edinburgh and America
Week by week schedules - Content language
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English
French
German - Contents
