Moran Caplat Correspondence, General Correspondence, 1950/1951

Reference code

G/CC/8/1/5

Level

File

Title

Moran Caplat Correspondence, General Correspondence, 1950/1951

Date

1950/1951

Quantity & Format

2,534 letters in 04 boxes

Repository

Glyndebourne Archive

Creator(s)

Caplat, Moran
Bing, Rudolf KBE (Sir) (Occasional correspondent)
Elizabeth, Latham (Production Manager)

Scope and content

Some letters are written to and from Elizabeth Latham, Production Manager

Box 1
Folder 1
A
Elizabeth Abercrombie (01 letter)

Accommodation
Letters from -
S.M.Bennett
A.E.Dean
Margaret Dickinson
Mrs Diplock
Hugh Greville-Morris
W.H.Hamilton
Mr & Mrs Leonard Hatfield
S.F.Hayward, Estate and Valuation Offices, Peter Jones
Mrs Heseltine
Dorothy Moorey
Jimmy Nerity

Documents -
Single room to let, Miss Stubbs, Double room to let, Mrs Elliott (01 document)
Arrangements at Glyndebourne and Hamsey House Hotel (01 document)
Accommodation at Glyndebourne 1951, Splash Point Hotel Seaford (01 document)
List of Hotels Classified with Rooms Available to Glyndebourne (01 document)
Glyndebourne Opera Festival 1951, Provisional Accommodation List (01 document)
Confidential list of arrival and departure dates for guests (01 document)

Accompanist (01 letter)

Aero Pictorial (11 letters)

Hervey Allan (14 letters)

Harvey Allen (01 letter

Ambassadors Scenic Studios (08 letters)
Charles Bravery writes, 27 August 1951, " I was very glad to see from the press that you have had with 'Forza' the success you so richly deserve and yet another laurel has been added to the Glyndebourne wreath."

David Andrews (10 letters)

Leslie Andrews (05 letters)

Anello and Davide (01 letter)
[Re: Order for boots and shoes designed by Oliver Messel for Idomeneo

Hazel Armour (02 letters)

Kay Arnold (04 letters)

Miss D Ash, Estate Office (05 letters)

Associated British Picture Corporation (08 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 20 April 1950, "Glyndebourne Opera House and the Festivals they are a private enterprise on which Mr Christie has personally spent a great deal of money with the sole aim of achieving the highest artistic standards in opera."

George Austin (03 letters)

Australia, J.C.Williamson Theatres Ltd (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to John Christie]

Automobile Association (04 letters)

Nellie Ayre, Wardrobe Mistress (03 letters)

Folder 2
The Arts Council of Great Britain/The Festival of Britain

Contains some letters from 1949

Letters written to and from -
Sir John Anderson
Anthony Besch, Assistant to Moran Caplat, Glyndebourne
Rudolf Bing, Glyndebourne
Edward Caine, Maintenance Officer, The Arts Council
Anne Carlisle, Regional Director, The Arts Council
John Dennison, Music Director, The Arts Council
W.E.Edwards, John Christie’s Office
Philips Frere
Mary Glasgow, Secretary-General, The Arts Council
E.L.Horn, Accounting Officer, The Arts Council
W.B.Lindsey, Assistant to the Accounting Officer, The Arts Council
John Moody, Drama Director, The Arts Council
Janet Moores, Glyndebourne
E.Scott Norman, Glyndebourne
Sir Ernest Pooley, Chairman, The Arts Council
P.D.Proctor, The Treasury
Anne Sutherland, Festival/Personal Assistant to the Music Director, The Arts Council
Mona C Tatham, Assistant Music Director, The Arts Council
Huw Weldon, Arts Council Representative, Festival of Britain 1951
Eric White, Assistant Secretary, The Arts Council

[Documents = Conditions of Association with the Arts Council of Great Britain; Draft Memorandum; Summary of Budgets; Glyndebourne Festival, Festival of Britain 1951; Handwritten budgets; Estimated budget; First Draft Estimated Budget; Glyndebourne Rehearsal Schedules]

Folder 3
BAL - BRA
Bryan Balkwill, Répétiteur (04 letters)

John Barker, Designer for The Children’s Theatre (02 letters)
[01 letters is addressed to Audrey Christie]
Moran Caplat writes, 09 February 1951, “The Children’s Theatre is beclamed, and the opera season, though anything but becalmed, is already fully manned.”

Messrs. Barratt’s, Photographers (01 letter)

Baxter Brothers & Co (02 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = 02 invoices/orders]

W.E.Baxter Ltd, Bookbinders (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Delivery note]

Jean Beckwith (06 letters)

Mme J Beek (06 letters, 01 document)
[Document = The Repertoire of Martha Lipton, NB: the paper is very fragile]

Margaret Bellamy, Private Secretary (06 letters)

Anthony Bernard (02 letters)
[01 letter dates from 1950]
Moran Caplat writes, “It is, I know, a somewhat unnerving business having auditions, and perhaps particularly so at Glyndebourne where our standards are reputed to be so high, but it is just because we have to maintain that reputation that we have to be 100% certain before engaging someone…”

Anthony Besch (09 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to Audrey Christie]
Moran Caplat writes, 22 November 1951, “I am sure we would be delighted that you should play some of the Glyndebourne records over the British Forces Network in Germany, and at the same time give a brief resume of Glyndebourne, its history and aims. We have in the past given permission to various people …to lecture on Glyndebourne, and I am sure that you will do better than anybody.”

He continues, “The Scheme continues to snowball and endless letters go to Gui and to Ebert, the only difference being that Gui answers and Ebert does not!”

Rudolf Bing (12 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Tentative Schedule of Trains; Itinerary for Messrs Bing, Rudolf, Gutman, Allen, Georger]
[01 letter is written from John Gutman at the Metropolitan Opera in New York]
Moran Caplat writes, 06 December 1951, regarding Miki Sekers “He might almost be called Glyndebourne’s greatest friend…”

Blatchington House (02 letters)

Boosey and Hawkes (04 letters)

Mario Borriello (02 letters)

Molly Bowring, Wardrobe Assistant (05 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 29 January 1951, “This year the Wardrobe and the Property Departments will run as two separate, self-contained units, with Miss Rosemary Vercoe (from Stratford and the Vic) in charge of Wardrobe staff and Harry Kellard in charge of the Property staff. I hope these new arrangements will be happy for everyone and make the work easier all round.”

Box Office Enquiries (05 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Proposed New Seat Prices document; Complimentary Seats for Artists; Breakdown of Seating Prices]

Bruce Boyce (05 letters)

Owen Brannigan (05 letters)

Carl Braun, Agent for Glyndebourne in Germany (05 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Collected reviews for Walter Geisler]


Folder 4
BRI - BUS
Brighton Philharmonic Society (20 letters, 09 documents)
[Documents = 04 copies of Minutes; Committee days for 1952; Proposed programme for A Concert of Operatic Music by arrangement with The Glyndebourne Opera]

British Actors’ Equity Association (13 letters)

British & Continental Music Agencies (04 letters)

The British Council (04 letters)

British Dance Theatre ( 02 letters, 02 documents)
[Document = Programme for the Kilmarnock Exchange Theatre, Address card for the British Dance Theatre]

The British Museum (03 letters)

British Yugoslav Friendship Society (02 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Biographical Notes on Mme Valerija Heybal and Mr Vladimir Ruzdjak]

Bookes’ Coaches Ltd (08 letters)

A.H.Brown (08 letters)

Ursula Bruce (04 letters)

Sesto Bruscantini, Italian Baritone (11 letters)
[some of this correspondence is written in Italian]

Burnet and Co Ltd (04 letters)

Busch Quartet [02 documents]
[Documents = Publicity flyer for a concert in memory of Fritz Busch at the Victoria & Albert Museum; Publicity flyer for a Beethoven concert by The Busch Quartet at the Victoria & Albert Museum]

Folder 5
BBC
First BBC transmission from Glyndebourne of Cosi Fan Tutte on 23 July 1951 (59 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = A draft of a speech given at Glyndebourne on 23 July 1951; RSVP document; an invitation sent by the BBC for the recording by Lady Mary Bailie Hamilton and friend]

Moran Caplat writes to Imlay Newbiggin-Watts, 24 July 1951, “It all went very happily I think and we are very grateful.”

In a separate letter to Peter Dimmock, 24 July 1951, Moran Caplat writes, “...just to say how much we appreciate not only your skill and energy, but the understanding and sympathetic way that you handled this place of which we are very proud.”

In a separate letter to George Foa, 24 July 1951, Moran Caplat writes, “Just to thank you for having been so unfailingly cheerful and cooperative and for having in my opinion at least, transferred our ‘Cosi’ production to the television screen with the greatest faithfulness that present day technical problems would allow.”

In a separate letter to Cecil McGivern, 24 July 1951, Moran Caplat writes, “I hope you feel satisfied with the result of your daring experiment last night.”

Imlay Newbiggin-Watts writes, 26 July 1951, “This is to thank you for all your help and wise counsel in our first televised performance of one of your works from Glyndebourne.” He continues, “Would you please give my kind regards to Mr Christie and I hope we did not disorganise Glyndebourne too much.”

Cecil McGivern, Controller of Television Programmes, writes, 26 July 1951, “But the whole thing was really most exciting and a milestone for us and I look forward to the next occasion when our cameras move into Glyndebourne.”

Recordings for The Third Programme (56 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents =A list of broadcasts and monies received, BBC Relays from Glyndebourne and Edinburgh July - September 1951]

In a letter to David Harris, 05 June 1951, Moran Caplat writes, “There are no scenes for each act of Idomeneo. We merely describe it by saying that the action of the opera takes place in Crete. The scenery is so designed that each act will go straight through without any pauses and the scene changes will be more a matter of change of picture than anything geographical. The only alternative would be to be rather Shakespearian and keep talking about another part of the island, another room in the Palace, and that sort of thing.”

Folder 6
C
Cambridge Theatre Group (17 letters)

Madame Camus, Agenzia Internazionale Concerti (03 letters)
[01 letter is written in French NB: the paper is very fragile]

Canteen (13 letters)
Contains letters to and from -
Mrs Breeds
Mrs Brown
Mrs Burton
Mrs Clayton
Mrs Collins
Mrs Geall
Mrs Haupt

April Cantelo (08 letters)

Denis Carey, Bristol Old Vic (01 letter)

Carfax Hire Service (10 letters)

Joseph Carl, Designer (02 letters)

Ann Carson (03 letters)

Catalogue of Artists who have appeared for and at Glyndebourne (01 document, 16 pages)

Centropa Concert Organisation, Martin Taubman (06 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Newspaper clipping from Time, 27 November 1950]

Central School of Arts & Crafts (02 letters)

Robert Charlton, Box Office Manager (02 letters)

1951 Christmas Card List (01 document)

Carol Chubb (02 letters)
[01 letter is written by the photographer Angus McBean]

John Claridge, Assistant in the Property Department (03 letters)

Cloakroom Attendants (13 letters)
Contains correspondence to and from -
Mrs Akehurst
Mrs Field
Mrs Hart
Mrs Smith
Mrs Waller

Cockayne & Co Ltd (05 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = How to show corrections on a proof guide; Black and white copies of Glyndebourne’s 1951 Christmas card using a design by Oliver Messel for the costume of Bacchus; Colour reproduction of Oliver Messel’s Bacchus design]

Harriet Cohen (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to John Christie]

Brighton College of Arts & Craft (03 letters)
[01 letter is written by the artist Ronald Horton]

Winifred Collins, Wardrobe department (03 letters)
George Coop (06 letters)

Arthur Copley, Baritone (02 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to Audrey Christie]

Covent Garden, The Royal Opera House (23 letters, 06 documents)
[Documents = copies of Royal Opera programmes from 1951]

Douglas Craig (05 letters)

Colonel Crisp (03 letters)

Criterion Theatre (01 letter)

Joan Cross (02 letters)

Curtis & Co (06 letters)

Cygnet Ballet (02 letters)
[The letters are written to and from to Audrey Christie]

Folder 7
D
June Dandridge, Stage Manager at Glyndebourne and Edinburgh (02 letters)

Bruce Dargavel, Bass - Baritone (10 letters)

Dargarvel Concerts Ltd (04 letters)

Jean Davis, Wardrobe Assistant (01 letters)

Dazians, Fabric supplier in New York (02 letters)
Elizabeth Latham, Production Manager, writes, 02 April 1951, “We understand from Mr Messel that you assisted him with his production of “Romeo & Juliet” and that Dazians supplied him with materials including gauzes of Shark-tooth Scrim No.507, fire-proofed and 30” wide. This type of scrim is quite unobtainable in England and Mr Messel has suggested that we contact you to see if you could supply us with enough scrim of this type to make up two gauzes, each approximately 40” wide by 30” high.”

Dean & Dawson (15 letters)

Norman Demuth (02 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to John Christie]

Alfred Diez (07 letters)
[02 letters are written in German and 01 is addressed to Fritz Busch]

Lisa Della-Casa (02 letters)
[01 letter is written in French]

Denham Studios (02 letters)

Peter Diamand, Holland Festival (02 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 04 July 1951, “We sold every seat for the Operas before the Season opened…”

Dinley Studios (05 letters)

Thea Dispeker, Artists’ Representative in New York (31 letters, 01 documents)
[Document = A publicity folder for Alice Howland, mezzo-soprano]

Thea Dispeker writes, 18 September 1951, “I don’t have to tell you how unhappy I am about the death of our beloved Fritz Busch who was a close personal friend of mine. Glyndebourne has certainly lost a great artist and a great man.”

Moran Caplat writes, 19 September 1951, “As you say Glyndebourne has certainly lost a great artist and a great man in Fritz Busch, and it will take a little time to get our plans straightened out again…”

Arnold Dolmetsch, Musical Instrument Maker (09 letters)

Dress Rehearsals (08 letters)

Lady Mabel Dunn (02 letters)

Box 2
Folder 8
E
Ealing Studios (02 letters)
(Re: The hire of smoke guns for Don Giovanni)

Eastbourne Press Weekend (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = The programme of events at the Fifth Annual Eastbourne Press Weekend]

East Sussex Education Committee (03 letters)

Peter Ebert (09 letters)
(Re: Peter Ebert’s employment as Assistant Producer for the 1951 Festival)

John Edgington & Co. Ltd (01 letter)
(Re: Seventy yards of fringe required for the drapes in Idomeneo)

Edinburgh Festival Society (13 letters)
(Re: Cosi Fan Tutte at the Edinburgh Festival)

Alison Edwards (03 letters)

W.E.Edwards (09 letters)

Youth Employment Officer (02 documents)

Alberto Erede (01 letter)

F
The Favil Press Ltd (25 letters, 10 documents)
[Documents = Proof of a poster for the 1952 Festival; Souvenir programme for the first BBC recording from Glyndebourne of Cosi Fan Tutte, Dummy of a changed letter head; Examples of the Glyndebourne Gift Voucher & suitable envelopes to send them in; Various other items of printed matter]

Mrs Fenner (02 letters)

Kathleen Ferrier (02 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 02 October 1950, “...we have failed again in our attempt to get together all the forces we need to do ‘Orfeo’ in Edinburgh in 1951. Jooss is definitely not available until 1952 and we have not found a ballet group anywhere with which we are willing to risk it. As far as I am concerned (and a lot of other people too,) if you are singing the ballet is a very secondary matter, but I am sure you will agree that when we do ‘Orfeo’ again it must be a really outstanding production in all respects, so let us keep our fingers crossed for 1952.”

The Festival of Britain (08 letters)
[Includes correspondence from Barbara Graham, Duncan Gutherie and Huw Weldon]

The Festival of Sussex (02 letters)

Laelia Finneberg (05 letters)

Ernest Frank (03 letters)

David Franklin (01 letter)

Leslie Fyson (04 letters)

Folder 9
G
Erna Gal, Music staff (08 letters)

Dr Hans Gal (39 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Programme for the Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra, 02 December 1950, with Hans Gal as Conductor]

W.Garland (01 letter)

Rolf Gerard, Designer (03 letters)
[There are also typed copies of a handwritten letter by Gerard]

Gift Vouchers (06 documents)
[Documents = Various proof copies of printed matter related to the Gift Vouchers]

Lord Gifford (02 letters)

Glasgow Grand Opera (02 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Publicity flyer for The Glasgow Grand Opera]

Shelia Glassford, Wardrobe Assistant (03 letters)

Mr Glover, Splash Point Hotel (21 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Suggestions for improvements to the Glovers; Accommodation at Glyndebourne note, Diagram of the Splash Point Hotel]

Air Marshall Goddard (05 letters)
T R C Goff (04 letters)

Golderstat (02 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Delivery notes and samples of music]

Alan Gordon (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to Carl Ebert]

Glen Gordon, Choreographer (02 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to John Christie]

S.A.Gorlinsky, Agent (04 letters)

Jock Gough (04 letters)

Gramophone Company (34 letters)

Guy Gravett, Photographer (07 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Proposed photographs of Figaro; Story board drawings for the Figaro photographs]

John Gutman, Metropolitan Opera (05 letters)

Folder 10
H
Otto Haas (02 letters)

The Halle Club (01 letter)

V.Halliday-Croom (01 letter)

Joyce Hammond, Bristol Old Vic Company, Scenic painter (04 letters)

Hamsey House Hotel (04 letters)

Harland & Son Ltd, Printers (06 letters, 03 documents)
[Delivery notes]

General Intendant Hartmann (01 letter)
[This letter is written in German]

Alex, Hawkins and Sons (04 letters)

Robert Herman (04 letters)

Roy Henderson (02 letters)

C. David Hocker (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Programme/flyer for the Holland Festival 1951]

Alec Hodsdon, Harpsichord Maker (03 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Brochure for Alec Hodsdon]

S.J.Holdstock, Basket Manufacturer (02 letters)

John Holliday & Sons (02 letters)

Harold Holt (08 letters)

Holland Festival, Peter Diamand (04 letters)
[01 letter is written to Mr and Mrs Christie]

Horton Manufacturing Co. Ltd (05 letters)

M. Horwitz, Organisation Artistique Internationale (04 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Liste des Artistes]
[01 letter is written in French]

Joseph Horovitz, Director of Music Bristol Old Vic (02 letters)

Janet Howe (04 letters)

Alice Howland (03 letters)

Anthony Hudson (02 letters)

L.W.Hunt Drum Co Ltd (01 letter)

Ian Hunter (01 letter)

Hurok Attractions Ltd (03 letters)

Dynley Hussey (03 letters)

J Hutchinson Scott (06 letters)
[RE: Re-design of Le Nozze di Figaro]

I
Ibbs & Tillett (36 letters)

Imperial Concert Agency (02 letters)

Incorporated Society of Musicians (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to John Christie]

Ingpen & Williams, Concert Agents (60 letters)

Inns of Court Rehearsal Rooms (02 letters

International Music Association (01 letter, 05 documents)
[Documents = Application forms for Musicians and Non Musicians, Flyer for a recital by Elisabeth Schumann, List of Members, Changes to arrangements for members]

Folder 11
J
Horace Jackson & Sons (14 letters)

Dr Jacques (01 letter)

Llewelyn John (02 letters)

Kurt Jooss (13 letters, 01 document)
[Document = an invitation]
[some of this correspondence dates from 1949]

Mary Jones (03 letters)
Elizabeth Latham writes, 25 May 1951, “...we would like you to…make and paint a sort of body-belt armour and tabbed skirts for five ballet dancers…”

Trefor Jones, Tenor (02 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Agents card for Trefor Jones]

Sena Jurinac (19 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Programme for the Philharmonia Concert Society Mysore Concerts]
[NB: Several of the letters from Sena Jurinac are typed on very fragile paper]

K
Dr Alfred Kalmus, Music Publisher (24 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = 03 catalogues of instrumental music, piano music & vocal music]
[01 of the letters is written in German]

Norman Kay (02 letters)

Harry Kellard, Head of Props (02 letters)

Kerridges (01 letter)

Irving Kolodin, Music Critic (02 letters)
[01 of the letters is from Rudolf Bing to Moran Caplat about Irving Kolodin]

Erich Kunz (09 letters)
[01 letter is partially written in German + 02 copies of an English translation]

Benno Kusche (01 letter)

Folder 12
L
Ministry of Labour (13 letters, 10 documents)
Documents = work permit applications for -
Sesto Bruscantini
Birgit Nilsson
Anna Lisa Egge Quensel
Dorothy Macneil
Sietske de Iongh
Carl Ebert
Genevieve Warner
Fritz Busch
Alice Howland
David Poleri

Robert Lantz (05 letters)

Elizabeth Latham (09 letters)

Martin Lawrence (03 letters)
[01 letter is written to Anthony Besch, 01 letter is written from Anthony Besch, 01 letter is written to Ian Hunter]

Annemarie Leber (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Photographic postcard of Annemarie Leber]
[The letter is written in German]

Sigurd Leeder (01 letter)

Robert Legouix (01 letter)

Lewes Music Festival (05 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = 05 sets of Minutes]

Lewes Station (03 letters)

Lewes Theatre Club (02 letters)

John Lewis & Co (01 letter)

J. Spedan Lewis (10 letters)

Richard Lewis (10 letters)

G.R.Lincoln (01 letter)

Lister Signs (02 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Designs for signs for the Glyndebourne London office at 23 Baker Street]

Dr Jan van Loewen (03 letters)
(01 letter concerns Rolf Gerard not giving permission for his designs for Cosi Fan Tutte to have been used in the first BBC broadcast)

London Nameplate Manufacturing (03 letters)

The London Opera Club (05 letters)

Ludwig Lustig, Artists’ Representative (19 letters)

Ruth Lynam (08 letters)

Patrick Lynch (03 letters)

Lynford-Joel Promotions (01 letter)

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (03 letters)

Folder 13
M
J.D.McDougall (09 letters + a sample of cloth)
[01 letter is written by Elizabeth Latham, Production Manager, to John Christie]

Miles Malleson (14 letters)
[Includes correspondence from/to W.E.Edwards, A.Macdonld, Janet Moores, Jay Hutchinson Scott, Edward Stanley, Rosemary Vercoe]

Silvio Maionica (03 letters)

Victor Mara, Scene Builder & Property Maker (01 letter)

Ian Marshall (05 letters)

Masius & Fergusson (02 letters)

Phyllis Maule, Box Office Assistant (02 letters)

Else Mayer Lismann (07 letters)

Tatiana Menotti (01 letter)

Mermaid Theatre (03 letters)
[02 letters are addressed to John Christie, 01 letter is addressed to Mrs Downton]

Mertens, Parmelee & Brown (05 letters)

Oliver Messel (37 letters)

Miscellaneous (36 letters)
Contains letters to and from -
M.Allen/Aero Pictorial
Richard Arbib
David Blaber
E.M.Edgeworth
Thelma Ellis
John Evans

Oliver Fleming, Max Parrish & Co (Re: Publishing a book about Glyndebourne)
Moran Caplat writes, 10 July 1951, “...the growth and flowering of Glyndebourne Opera…has never seemed to us to have reached a point final enough to be recorded. Our situation changes with changing circumstances and must change even more in the near future.”

A.L.Gardiner

Frederick Jacobi

Edmund Juszczyk

H.T.Laufer

Kathleen Merritt Orchestra

R.Mighall

H.E.Mills (Re: Leaving a 3 month old baby in the back of her car during a 5pm performance)

George Oxley
Anthony Besch writes, 11 September 1951, “...Cosi Fan Tutte is, in fact, a re-interpretation of the 18th century in the best tradition and tastes of later years. Thus the production is composed of details which in themselves may hail from the 18th, 19th or 20th centuries - in the same way that a singer’s or musician’s technique derives from all three - but all the details together form we hope a unified whole which is intended to interprete [sic] the music as perfectly as possible.”

Margaret Woods

Unidentified correspondent

Julia Moor (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to John Christie and is written in German]

Ellen Morgenthau (01 letter)

J Morris (04 letters)

Cherry Morrison (05 letters)

Mary Macaskie (03 letters)

Angus McBean (12 letters)
[Includes 01 letter from 1952]

Bruna McLean (05 letters)

Dorothy Macneil (03 letters)

BOX 3
Folder 14
N
L&R Nathan (01 letter)

National Car Parks (13 letters)
[Re: Car parking at Glyndebourne]

National Insurance (02 letters)

Boyd Neel, Conductor (04 letters)
[01 letter is written by John Christie to Boyd Neel. John Christie writes, 13 May 1951, “...it is in our interest, as well as yours, to find British artists…It may be possible to find artists early enough to see whether they can train on to qualify for the opportunity. It is obviously not easy for them to do so as our standard is not only international, but we aim at getting the best possible artists irrespective of any other consideration…We can say at once that we do not mind whether the artists are known or unknown.”

Brigit Nilsson (07 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 06 April 1951, “I think that this is almost the first, if not absolutely the first time, that we have had the pleasure of having Swedish singers at Glyndebourne and we are all looking forward to it very much.”

Alda Noni (09 letters)
[Some of this correspondence is written in Italian]

E.Scott Norman (09 letters)

Michael Northern, Technical and Lighting Consultant (14 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 23 April 1951, “Regarding your credit in the programmes: I propose that for the operas concerned you should appear thus “Technical and Lighting Consultant - Michael Northern” in a good position at the head of credits. The Glyndebourne programme is not laid out in the ordinary way and you will have to trust to me that your name will be given all the prominence due to you in fair juxtaposition to other important members of the organisation. “Director” is a title only given to Professor Ebert and Dr Busch (we have not even a Stage Director) so that I hope “Consultant” will prove an acceptable alternative.”

Viola Notariello (04 letters)

Nuthalls Caterers (16 letters)

O
Offers of Service (15 letters)
Moran Caplat writes to John Rowe, 23 June 1951, “...Glyndebourne’s aims lie in the field of classical opera rather than ballard opera, and a romantic story however well constructed based on old Irish Folk Tunes with a score that has not yet found a composer to write it, I am afraid would present too many problems to us.”

Old Times Furnishing Company (04 letters)

Old Vic Theatre (02 letters)

Sir Laurence Olivier’s Secretary (01 letter)

Opera (13 letters)

Hans Oppenheim (02 letters)

Alfred Orda (03 letters)

Marjorie Osborne, Artists’ Representative (03 letters)

Folder 15
P
Alois Pernerstorfer (07 letters)
[Some of this correspondence is addressed to Carl Ebert and is written in German]

Ronald Perry (03 letters)

Mario Petri (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Handwritten details of Mario Petri’s car]

Mirto Picchi (02 letters)
[01 letter is written in French]

John Piper, Artist and Designer (18 letters)
John Piper writes, 06 April 1951, “It is most important for me to meet the Prof alone with you before doing so with Mr Christie…it is essential that producer and designer are at one on essential points before presenting the ideas anywhere else.”

Moran Caplat writes, 13 July 1951, “...I must thank you not only for the wonderful work of designing you have done, but also for having been so frightfully nice, co-operative and even tempered in a situation which at times must have strained even you.”

The Police (03 letters)

Alfred Poell (01 letter)

Anna Pollak (01 letter)

Mildred Posvar (03 letters)

John Pritchard (16 letters)

L. Protheroe Smith (03 letters)

Publicity (62 letters, 34 documents)
[Documents = Newspaper clipping from The Daily Compass, 26 July 1951; Article entitled ‘Glyndebourne’ for the Radio Times and proofs of adverts published in various publications]

Joan Pyle, Wardrobe Assistant (04 letters)

Folder 16
Q
Isa Quensel (07 letters)

R
Winifred Radford (03 letters)

Railway Executive (43 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = List of travelling arrangements to Edinburgh; Timetables for cheap railway tickets from Brighton]

Barbara Rawson (06 letters)

Reeves, Photographer (01 letter)

David Renwick, Assistant Stage Manager (04 letters)

Gunther Rennert, Hamburgische Staatsoper (02 letters)

Ringmer Building Works (21 letters)

Ringmer Motor Works (17 letters)

Otto von Rohr, Bass (02 letters, 02 Documents)
[01 letter is written in German]
[Documents = Photographic headshot of Otto von Rohr; Repertoire of Otto von Rohr]

Frank Rogier (02 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to Audrey Christie]

Romeike & Curtis (04 letters)

Marko Rothmuller, Baritone (12 letters,02 documents)
[Documents = Publicity card for The Minto Hotel; Programme for a performance at The Royal Festival Hall with
Marko Rothmuller as the soloist]

W.H.Rowlett (02 letters)

The Royal Festival Hall (02 letters)

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (36 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Schedule of rehearsals and performances at Glyndebourne by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]
[Includes a copy of the contract between the Anglo American Music Association Ltd (acting on behalf of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) and Glyndebourne Productions, 29 March 1950]

The Royal Opera House (05 letters, 01 document)
[An ‘Advance Prospectus’ May - October 1951]
[Re: Establishing an archive at the Royal Opera House. Some letters are written by Harold D Rosenthal, Archivist]


Folder 17
S, SA - SI

Paul Sacher (02 letters)
[The letters are written in German]

Sadler’s Wells (09 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Programme for the 1951-52 Opera season at Sadler’s Wells; 02 poster programmes for ballet and opera]

Samson and Menzies Ltd (02 letters)

Anny Schlemm (01 document)
[Repertoire for Anny Schlemm]

G.W.Scott (02 letters)

Miki Sekers (37 letters, 04 documents)
[Documents = List of material requirements for Glyndebourne; 03 delivery notes]

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (03 letters)

The Shelly’s Hotel (05 letters)

Mary Short (13 letters)

The Silk and Rayon Users Association (03 letters)

Leopold Simoneau (14 letters)

B.J.Simmons & Co., Historical & Theatrical Costumiers (08 letters)

Martial Singher (01 letter)

Folder 18
S, SK - SU
John Skelton (08 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = Design for a proposed permanent window display at 23 Baker Street; Sketch for the proposed permanent window display; Model for a proposed window display, Model for a proposed window display with two attachments, Design for a Glyndebourne crest]

Hugh Skillen (08 letters)

Smith, Dalby, Welch Ltd (02 letters)

George Smith (04 letters)
[Re: Making 14 breast armours from a mould supplied by Oliver Messel]

Norman Smith (02 letters)

W.H.Smith (06 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Account statement]

Louis Soltesz (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Repertoire of Louis Soltesz]
[Both the letter and the document are written in French]

Miss Sorrell (01 letter)

Southdown Motor Services (02 letters)

South East Gas Board (02 letters)

South Eastern Electricity Board (03 letters)

Maureen Springer (03 letters)

Stage Hands (19 letters, 01 document)
[List of Stage Hands]

Stage Play Licence (02 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = 02 copies of the Licence]

William L Stein, Theatrical and Concert Agency (33 letters)
Peter Stone, Accompanist (01 letter)

Strand Electric (07 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Advice Note]

Jani Strasser (20 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Cuts in Idomeneo; 02 copies of a publicity poster for a concert at the Wigmore Hall directed by Jani Strasser]

Sussex Rural Community Council (01 letter)

Folder 19
T
Tapley Park (01 letter)

Tapley Park School (01 letter)

The Richard Tauber Memorial Scholarship (03 letters)
[Audrey Christie was a selector of the award]

Taxation Conference (02 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Programme for a Taxation Conference in Eastbourne]
[01 letter is addressed to John Christie]

Telephones (07 letters)
Territorial & Auxiliary Forces Association of Glamorgan (03 letters)

The Theatrical Managers’ Association (24 letters, 04 documents)
[Documents = Agreement for Getting Down and Getting Out Scenery; Ninth Annual Report for Provincial Theatre Council; Opera Contract; Report of Council of Management]

Blanche Thebom (06 letters)

Marjorie Thomas (01 letter)

Robert Thomas (02 letters)

Dame Sybil Thorndike (03 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to John Christie]

Turkdean Ltd, Weed Control (04 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Brochure for Turkdean]
Moran Caplat writes, 02 August 1950, “...our gardens form a very important part of our attraction to patrons. The gardens have been very highly praised and in fact have become world famous. The include some four to six acres of lawns…Next year Glyndebourne will be open for a Festival as part of the Festival of Britain and we are anxious to have the gardens in first class condition.”

Harry Turner (01 letter)

John Turner, Accommodation and Transport Manager & Catering Liaison Officer (14 letters)

W.W.Turner & Co. Ltd (10 letters)

Box 4
Folder 20
U
Arthur Unwin (02 letters)

Ernest Urbach, London Opera Club (05 letters)

Ushers (29 letters)

V
Ralph Vaughan Williams (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to John Christie]
R.Vaughan Williams writes, 07 November 1951, “I suppose that the musical direction of Glyndebourne, owing to the death of Fritz Busch is being entirely reorganised. If that is so I venture to write to you about Mr. Berthold Goldschmidt, who I believe once conducted for you with great success.”

Rosemary Vercoe, Head of Wardrobe (03 letters)

Christmas Gift Vouchers (09 letters)

W
John Waddington Ltd, Lithographers and Printers (26 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Printing specification for the posters]
[Re: Publicity posters for the Edinburgh Festival]

Ian Wallace (04 letters)

Genevieve Warner (10 letters)
[02 letters are written in German]

David Webster, The Royal Opera House (01 letter)

Lister Welsh, Stage Manager (01 letter)

W.Westlake (01 letter)

Dennis Wicks (05 letters)

Howard Wicks, Music staff (01 letter)

Wig Creations (07 letters)

Wigmore Hall (01 letter)

Angela Willan, Wardrobe staff (02 letters)

Lord Wilmot (01 letter)

B&L Wilson (01 letter)

Hamish Wilson, Designer (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to Audrey Christie]

Roger Wood, Photographer (06 letters)
[Re: Taking photographs of Idomeneo]

Kathleen Woolmore (07 letters)

John Wright Marionettes (03 letters)

E.W.Wyatt & Co (02 letters)

Y
Alexander (Basil) Young, Tenor (12 letters)

Z
Hilde Zadek (04 letters)

Folder 21 (Not counted)
Miscellaneous documents about the 1951 Season roughly grouped as -

Articles: Contains 02 articles entitled ‘Glyndebourne’ and another entitled ‘Opera in Edinburgh’

Artists: Lists of the Chorus, audition notes, accommodation list
[Re: Consider restricting the audition notes]

Costumes and Scores

Income and Expenditure: Includes seat prices

Schedules: For Rehearsals and performances

Content language

English
Italian
French
German

Content other

Così fan tutte
Idomeneo
Le nozze di Figaro
Don Giovanni