Moran Caplat Correspondence, General Correspondence, 1952/1953

Reference code

G/CC/8/1/7

Level

File

Title

Moran Caplat Correspondence, General Correspondence, 1952/1953

Date

1952/1953

Quantity & Format

2,495 letters & documents in 03 boxes

Repository

Glyndebourne Archive

Creator(s)

Caplat, Moran

Scope and content

Some of the correspondence is written to and from Anthony Besch and Janet Moores

Box 1
Folder 1
A
Accommodation (03 documents)
Contains correspondence with -
Burdyke Private Hotel
Tony Crean
Hamsey House
Howard Hotel
[Documents = Standard letter concerning the arrangements for those staying at Glyndebourne during the 1953 season, List of arrival dates for cast members (typed), List of arrival dates for cast members (handwritten)]

Messrs Adams, Solicitors (47 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Extract from The Times Law Report, 22 May 1953, List of the first Governors of The Glyndebourne Trust]

[Includes some correspondence relating to the first Governors of The Glyndebourne Arts Trust]

Advertising (31 letters and proofs)

Aero Pictorial (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Price list]

Hervey Alan (09 letters)

The Ambassador, The British Export Magazine for Textiles and Fashion (02 letters)

Anglo Austrian Society (05 letters)

Mrs Arnold (03 letters)

Arts Council of Great Britain (13 letters)

Lies Askonas (03 letters)

George Austin (02 letters)

Automobile Association (07 letters)

Nellie Ayre, Wardrobe Mistress (01 letter)

Folder 2
B
BAL - BOY
Bryan Balkwill, Assistant Conductor and Member of Musical Staff (08 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Notes written by Bryan Balkwill about Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite]

H.Baron (01 letter)

Messrs Baxter, Felt & fabric shop (03 letters)

W.E.Baxter Ltd, Printers (09 letters)

Sir Thomas Beecham (01 letter)
Moran Caplat writes, 06 February 1953, “At the present time our Chorus is engaged only for a period covering the rehearsals and performances of a particular season; although a good percentage of the members will be the same this year as last by no means all them will be. We recruit the Chorus from the ranks of young would-be soloists rather than from the professional chorister class, and this of course means constant attrition and replacement.”

Margaret Bellamy (13 letters)

Berit Berling (04 letters)

Pierre Bernac (05 letters)
[Re: A possible visit by Glyndebourne to the Champs-Elysees at the end of April 1954 with 02 operas, including La Cenerentola]

Berne Silk Manufacturing, W. Meyer (01 letter)
[Re: Selling a Glyndebourne Scarf and retail at Glyndebourne]

Anthony Besch (06 letters)

Louis Beydts, Opera-Comique Paris (01 letter)
[Re: A possible visit by Glyndebourne to Paris to perform two operas]

Roger Bigonnet (04 letters)
[Some of this correspondence is written in French]

Rudolf Bing (02 letters)

Board of Trade (04 letters)

Boltons Theatre Club (01 letter)

Boosey & Hawkes Ltd (28 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Boosey & Hawkes Information Bulletin May 1953; Agreement for theatrical performances of Adriadne Auf Naxos’]

Jack Bornoff, Executive Secretary International Music Council (23 letters)
[Some of this correspondence is written in French]

Bournemouth Echo (06 letters)

Box Office (07 letters)

The Boyd Neel Orchestra (02 letters)

Folder 3
BRA - BYR
Eric Bradbury (01 letter)

Brighton Philharmonic Society Ltd (04 documents)
[Documents = Memorandum 21 October 1953, Annual General Meeting Report 09 September 1953, Meeting Minutes 16 September 1953, Meeting Minutes 21 January 1953]

British Actors Equity Association (10 letters)

British Centre of the International Theatre Institute (01 letter)

The British Council (04 letters)

The British Travel and Holidays Association (07 letters)

Brookes Coaches (11 letters)

Veronica Bruce (02 letters)

Sesto Bruscantini (13 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = 01 printed and 01 handwritten Statement of Account]
[Some of this correspondence is written in Italian]

Otto Buchner (02 letters)
[This correspondence is written in German]

Messrs. Burls, Stage Draperies (07 letters)

Greta Busch (04 letters)

Rhona Byron (01 letters)

Folder 4
BBC
104 letters, 12 documents
[Documents = Timings for Ariadne Auf Naxos, Week 29 BBC Third Programme Schedule, Schedule of Broadcasts for 1953, Contract for Broadcast of Die Entführung, Programme for BBC Third Programme Sunday 05 April, Contracts for broadcasts x07]

Folder 4
BBC Broadcasts 1953 (41 letters, 06 documents)
[Documents = Seat Allocations for 30 July 1953, Mr McGivern’s Invitation List, Front of House Account, Contract between the BBC and Glyndebourne 06 September, 14 August, 17 June 1953]

R.G.Chapman, BBC, writes 07 August 1953, “The tumult and the shouting have now died down, our televised performance from Glyndebourne has been acclaimed a success once more, and I therefore wanted to put on record my grateful appreciation for all the help received from yourself and your staff.”

Folder 5
C
Fernanda Cadoni (11 letters)
[Some of this correspondence is written in Italian]

Calcografia Cartevalori (04 letters)

Calnorth Ltd (04 letters)

John Cameron (04 letters)

Cancer Research Institute (01 letters)
[Re: A donation by Glyndebourne in memory of Kathleen Ferrier]

April Cantelo (05 letters)

Moran Caplat (10 letters)

Carfax Hire Service (01 letter)

Carl Rosa Opera Company (03 letters)

Dr F.F.Cartwright (01 letter)
Moran Caplat writes, 17 July 1953, about Jack Gough, Chief Technician at Glyndebourne, “He is really the back-bone of Glyndebourne and a great “character”.”

Sir Hugh Casson, Royal College of Art (38 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = Notes on Entrance to Hades Act III Scene II of Alcestis, Newspaper clipping with a profile of Hugh Casson from The Observer, 09 September 1951]

Moran Caplat writes, 07 July 1952, “This is rather a wild shot, but I wonder whether you have ever thought of interesting yourself in stage design.”

Catering (02 documents)
Robin Chichester-Clark (02 letters)
D.H.Chisholm (01 letter)
Mr Christie (02 letters)
Cloakroom Staff (07 letters)
Mrs Collins (04 letters)
Columbia Concerts, Andre Mertens (03 letters)
Complimentary Tickets (15 letters)

Martin Cooper (01 letter)
Moran Caplat writes, 21 November 1952, regarding the first Programme Book which “...has been very well received, and some 14,000 copies of it have gone all over the world. Encouraged by its success we intend to produce a similar book each year, improving it, we hope, as we go.”

Reg Cornish (10 letters)

The Council of Industrial Design (01 letter)

Covent Garden, The Royal Opera House (13 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = 3 programmes for performances at the Royal Opera House]

Douglas Craig (14 letters)

Curtis & Co (03 letters)

Folder 6
D
June Dandridge (07 letters)

Messrs L Davenport & Co, New Oxford Street (01 letter)

Cyril Davis (02 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 12 August 1953, “It has been a most successful season, but we ourselves are still conscious of many shortcomings, which will ensure our continued attempts to improve.”

Peter Diamand, Holland Festival (17 letters)

Murray Dickie (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Murray Dickie’s CV/notes on career]

Dinley Rehearsal Studios (08 letters)

Dorothy Dow (06 letters)

Herve Dugardin, Theatre des Champs-Elysees (03 letters)
[Re: A possible collaboration in Paris]

Viscount Duncannon (21 letters)

Folder 7
E
East Sussex County Council (07 letters)

Peter Ebert (04 letters)

W.E.Edwards (15 letters)

Alison Edwards, Assistant in the Property Department (01 letter)

Ayton (?) Lewis (02 letters)

Dezso Ernster (03 letters)

European Association of Music Festivals (12 letters, 04 documents)
[Documents = Round robin information lists]

Geraint Evans (01 letter)


Box 2
Folder 8
F
Leslie Fairweather (02 letters)

The Favil Press Ltd (16 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952 and examples of letterheads/crests]

Kathleen Ferrier (01 letter)

Glyndebourne Festival Society (08 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Julius Finzi (05 letters)

First Night Complimentary Tickets (09 letters)
[Includes letters to Hervey Alen, Peter Ebert, Carl Ebert, Pauline Grant, Vittorio Gui, Oliver Messel, John Pritchard, Jani Strasser, Rosemary Vercoe]

Rev F.J.Flanagan (09 letters)
[Re: The marriage of Sena Jurinac and Sesto Bruscantini]

M Fowler (01 letter)

David Franklin (10 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to John and Audrey Christie]

John Frehe (03 letters)

Folder 9
G, GAB - GOU
Marina de Gabarain (06 letters)

Erna Gal, Glyndebourne Music Staff (08 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Gamba Shoes (01 letter)

Gardiner, Hunter & Co. (09 letters)
[Contains details of the tax accounts of the non-British artists performing at Glyndebourne]

Gardiner Travel Service (05 letters)
David Gauld, Glyndebourne Property Master and Assistant Stage Manager (06 letters)

Rolf Gerard, Designer (15 letters)
[Contains a letter written in German by Rolf Gerard to Carl Ebert, with an English translation]

J.G.Gibb & Sons Ltd (01 letter)

Alfonso Gibilaro (02 letters)

John Gielgud (04 letters)

Glyndebourne (07 letters)

Glyndebourne Box List (03 documents)
[Documents = Glyndebourne Box Arrangements for the Committee, Advertisers etc…; List of who came to the Box for what performance; List of Glyndebourne Festival Society 1953 Corporate Members]

Tom Goff, Harpsichord & Clavichord Maker (06 letters)

Julien Gogos, a music student sent to Glyndebourne with a grant of money by the International Council of UNESCO to observe and study the production of opera (02 letters)

David Goodman (02 letters)

Goodwin & Tabb, Music Librarians (02 letters)

Mrs Goossens (03 letters)

Gore Hotel (02 letters)

S.A.Gorlinsky (02 letters)
[Re: Possible casting of Bruce Dargavel]

Jock Gough (16 letters)
[Contains some letters from 1952]

Folder 10
G, GRA - GUI
Edna Graham (02 letters)

The Gramophone Company (24 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Pauline Grant, Choreographer (23 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Guy Gravett, Photographer (04 letters)

Vittorio Gui (53 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Clipping about Glyndebourne from the Italian publication La Stampa]
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Carlos Guichandut (03 letters)
[01 letter is addressed to Jani Strasser and is written in Italian]

I
Ibbs & Tillett (58 letters, 03 documents)
Contains letters concerning -
Hervey Alan
John Cameron
April Cantelo
Thomas Hemsley
Richard Lewis
Elsie Morison
Marjorie Thomas
Jennifer Vyvyan
[Documents = 03 BBC Booking Forms for John Cameron]
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

The International Music Association (03 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Subscription Renewal Notice; Programme of Events at the IMA for the Coronation; Announcement of a Concert]

Ingpen & Williams (46 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]
[Contains a letter from 1954]
[Contains 02 letters from Julius Finzi, 13 April & 23 March 1953, but it is unclear if these are mis-filed, so they have been left where found]

Christopher Ironside (05 letters)
[Re: Being commissioned to design and oversee the execution of a statue of Apollo for a production of Alceste]

Moran Caplat writes, 08 June 1953, “Many congratulations on the statue…I hope we shall have another opportunity of working together.”

A.R.Itter (06 letters)

Illustrated London News (01 letter)

Folder 12
J
Bert Jackson (02 letters)

Horace Jackson & Sons (09 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Sena Jurinac (30 letters)
[01 letter is written from Ellen Morgentau to Sena Jurinac in German]
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]
[Re: The wedding of Sena Jurinac and Sesto Bruscantini. After the ceremony at St.Pancras’ Church in Lewes, the company was invited to a Reception in the Glyndebourne canteen]

K
Harry Kellard, Property Manager (03 letters)

John Kentish (05 letters)

L
Ministry of Labour (18 letters, 12 documents)
[Documents = work permit applications for Sesto Bruscantini, Fernanda Cadoni, Carl Ebert, Vittorio Gui, David Lloyd, Nan Merriman, Alda Noni, Romeo Olivieri]
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Luigi Labrocca (01 letter)

Stewart Lack (06 letters)

Magda Laszlo (02 letters)
[01 letter is written in French]

Lewes Building Society (03 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Copy of an agreement between John Christie Ltd and Lewes Building Society; Guarantee made in respect of advance to Moran Caplat on the Freehold of a property in Lewes]

Lewes Music Festival (01 letter, 18 documents)
[Documents = Minutes and notices of meetings and events]
[The Minutes of 08 June 1953 refer to the death of Audrey Christie - “Tribute was paid by Mrs Lampson to the work Mrs Christie had done for this Festival and the Committee were asked to stand in silence on her Memory.”]

Lewes Operatic Society (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to John Christie]

John Spedan Lewis [07 letters]

Richard Lewis (08 letters)
[Contains 01 letter from 1952]

Dr O.W.Loeb (11 letters)

London Name Plate Manufacturing Co Ltd (02 letters)

London Opera Club (02 letters)

Folder 13
M
Miles Malleson (02 letters)

William Mann (02 letters)

P.Maule, Box Office Manager (02 letters)

Else Mayer-Lismann (03 letters)
[01 letter dates from 1952]

Oliver Messel (10 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]
[Contains some correspondence addressed to and from Vagn Riis-Hansen and Mrs Messel of Holmstead Manor]

Metropolitan Opera, New York (02 letters)

Milan, La Scala (02 letters)

Ministry of Health (01 letter)
[The letter is addressed to John Christie and refers to medical treatment for Jock Gough]

John Moody, The Arts Council (02 letters)
[Contains correspondence from 1952]

Appleton Moore (02 letters)

Peter Moores (05 letters)

The Mozart Opera Company (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Publicity card for a concert by The Mozart Opera Company ]

The Music Review (01 letter)

Angus McBean, Photographer (11 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

David McCallum (02 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 10 April 1952, “The Opera House has been extensively altered during the winter. The proscenium is now nearly six feet wider and there is more room on the prompt side since we have removed the works of the organ and thrown that space into the stage. The roof of the auditorium has been altered and the pillars are now at the ends of the rows instead of being inside them. The balcony is three rows deeper and there is a new Glyndebourne Box, a special sound-proof box for the B.B.C. and a control box for the Producer’s staff, all at the back of the balcony. Although the theatre is deeper than it was, it actually looks less long and narrow than it did and the general appearance is considerably improved.”

Mary Macaskie, Assistant in the Property Department (01 letter)

J.D. Mcdougall Ltd, Stage equipment and Scenery Materials (18 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Price list]

Benard McNabb (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Memo about problems with some Guy Gravett photographs and creating shots for the press]

Miscellaneous correspondence
Includes correspondence to and from -

J.A. Aytoun Ellis (01 letter)

Commander Burton (01 letter)

G.C.Chapman (02 letters)

F.H.Coote (01 letter)

Hans Feibusch (02 letters)

The Hogarth Press (01 letter)

John Hunt (01 letter)

P.G.Hurst (03 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Article by P.G.Hurst in The Record Collector]

Lazarus (01 letter)
[Re. Catering]

Mrs Morrison (02 letters)
[Re: Complaint about the catering]

The Polegate Motor Company (02 letters)

Bernard Rogers (04 letters)

Kjell Sandved (04 letters)

J.M.Slater (02 letters)
[Re: Acoustics in the boxes]

Unidentified M correspondent (01 letter)

Folder 14
N
National Car Parks (11 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = Invoices]

National Music Council of New York (04 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = National Council of Music Bulletins]

Caspar Neher (02 letters)
[This correspondence is written in German]

Newton & Co. (01 letter)

Alda Noni (22 letters)
[Contains correspondence to and from Tony Sojat and some of the correspondence is written in Italian]

E.Scott Norman (03 letters/memos)
The Norwegian Ambassador (01 letter, 01 invitation)

Novello & Co. (06 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Delivery note]

Nuthalls Ltd, Caterers (15 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = 02 inventory lists of table cloths and napkins, Wine list, Catering Arrangements leaflet, Publicity flyer for a performance of The Soldier’s Tale,
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]


O
Old Times Furnishing Company (02 letters)
[Contains 01 letter from 1952]

Romeo Olivieri (10 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Juan Oncina (02 letters)

Opera (09 letters)

Opera News, The Metropolitan Opera Guild (01 letter)

The Opera School Ltd (03 letters, 07 documents)
[Moran Caplat represented Audrey Christie at the meeting of the Board of Governors 23 February 1953]

Hans Oppenheim (09 letters)

Organisation Artistique Internationale, M.Horwitz (08 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Oxford University Opera Club (06 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Publicity flyer for La Clemenza di Tito]
[Correspondence from 1952]

Oxford University Press (03 letters)
[Re: Reference for Robin Chichester-Clark, Press Officer]

Box 3
Folder 15
P
Parties, Visiting (80 letters, 09 documents)
[Documents = Timetables of visits]

The Performing Right Society Ltd (05 letters, 01 documents)
[Document = Register of Members of the Solo Performers Section]

Dennis Pilcher (04 letters)

Police (05 letters)

Anna Pollak (09 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Robert Ponsonby (11 letters )

Major G.Powell-Edwards (03 letters)

Press (27 letters)

Press Association (01 letter)

John Pritchard, Conductor (23 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Joan Pyle (03 letters)

Folder 16
Q
Leo Quayle, Chorus Master (25 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Hotel Quirinale, Rome (01 letter)

R
Radiodiffusion Francaise (02 letters)
[O1 letter is written in French]

Radio Italiana (03 letters)

Radio Times (01 letter)

Railway Executive (16 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Rates of pay (01 document)
[Document = Proposed rates of pay for fully employed stage staff in 1953)

Marie Rambert (02 letters)

Ludvig Rebner (03 letters)

Heinz Rehfuss (05 letters)

Gunther Rennert (11 letters)
[Some of this correspondence is written in German]
Moran Caplat writes, 14 June 1953, “The opera season is going very well, but the beginning and indeed the present and the future, was over-shadowed by the tragic death of Mrs. Christie. As you know she had been ill for about two years, but during the winter she seemed to be getting slowly better until she had a sudden relapse and died on 31st May.”

G.Ricordi & Co., Music publishers (17 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Ringmer Building Works Ltd (48 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Ringmer Motor Works (06 letters)

Margaret/Mabel Ritchie (03 letters)
Mabel Ritchie writes, 10 July 1953, “You will feel Audrey’s death keenly - radiant adorable creature - gentle & understanding too - and the spirit & soul of Glyndebourne. I knew her for 25 years - first as a shy bride sitting against the wall with her sewing and then gradually blossoming into the brilliant hostess and quite exceptional personality that she became. I loved her very much.”

The Rolls House Publishing Co. Ltd (04 letters)

Rome, Teatro del Opera (01 letter)

Romeike and Curtice Ltd (02 letters)

Nicola Rossi Lemeni (03 letters)

Marko Rothmuller (05 letters)
[This correspondence dates from 1952]

Royal Festival Hall (04 letters)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Anglo American Music Association (19 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (02 letters)

Folder 17
S
Sadler’s Wells Theatre (10 letters, 07 documents)
[Documents = Sadler’s Wells programmes]

John Sainsbury (02 letters)

Saunton Sands Hotel (06 letters)

Miki Sekers (21 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Invitation to an exhibition of designs by Oliver Messel and others in Sekers Fabrics]

Henry Sherek (01 letter)

John Shuter (02 letters)

Maurits Sillem, Music staff (11 letters)

Guilietta Simonato (04 letters)
[01 letter is written in Italian]
[The correspondence dates from 1952]

B.J.Simmons, Historical & theatrical costumiers (09 letters)

Leopold Simoneau (04 letters)
[The correspondence dates from 1952]

John Skelton, Draughtsman/Sign painter/Lettercutter (02 letters)

Smith, Dalby-Welch Ltd (07 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Southdown Motor Company (03 letters)

Southover County Grammar School (02 letters)

Edward H. Sparrow, Tailor and Costumier (04 letters)
[Re: Costumes for The Rake’s Progress]

Maureen Springer, Coloratura soprano (01 letter, 03 documents)
[Documents = 02 copies of a Glyndebourne contract, Professional biography of Maureen Springer]

Eleanor Steber (13 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

William Stein Inc, Theatrical and Concert Agency (12 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Statement of payments]

Steinway & Sons (10 letters)

R.F.Stevens, Reed Organ Builder (04 letters)

Thelma Story, Music staff (04 letters)

The Stoll Theatre (02 letters)

Marjorie Strachey (01 letter)
Moran Caplat writes, 27 June 1953, “Thank you so much for sending me a copy of your translation of Fritz Busch’s autobiography. I shall read it with great interest and treasure it as a reminder of a great man with whom I had the privilege to work for all too short a period.”

The Strand Electric & Engineering Co. Ltd (05 letters)

Jani Strasser (27 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 29 June 1953, referring to Jani Strasser, “I have no hesitation in recommending him as the most able operatic coach that I know and some one with whom it is always easy and pleasant to collaborate. He is extremely efficient at the complicated procedure of arranging rehearsal schedules for a large Company and repertory of operas.”
[Some of this correspondence dates from 1952]

Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (02 letters)
[This correspondence is written in German]

Sussex Rural Community Council (05 letters)

Folder 18
T
ItaloTajo (01 letter)

Tanagra Ltd, Exhibition and Window Displays (01 letter)

Tatler (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = copy an article written by Mr Youngman Carter for Tatler criticising “the arrangements for visitors]

Martin Taubman, centropa Concert Organisation (08 letters)
[This correspondence dates from 1952]

Telephone Manager (05 letters)

Tempo (01 letter, 02 documents)
[Documents = Tempo Index]

H.M.Tennent (06 letters)

Theatre Royal, Brighton (03 letters)

The Theatrical Managers’ Association (29 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = An Agreement between the BBC and the Theatres National Committee; Revised Schedules for the Agreement between the BBC and the Theatres National Committee; Eleventh Annual Report for the year 1952-1953; Notes from the Joint Standing Committee; Report of Council of Management for the Theatrical Managers’ Association]

Ticket Agencies (06 letters, 01 document]
[Document = List of libraries]

Timber Licensing Office (03 letters)

Board of Trade (01 letter)
[Re: Answering a letter from John Christie regarding the Government repaying the cost of the Glyndebourne book]

W.W.Turner & Co. Ltd, Theatre Furnishers (13 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Folder 19
U
Understudies (01 document)
[Document = Suggestions for Understudies 1953]

UNESCO (10 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

United Music Publishers (12 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Theodor Uppman (07 letters)
[Contains some correspondence from 1952]

Ushers (46 letters, 05 documents)
[Documents = Lists of ushers and performances]

V
Frederick Valk (04 letters)
[01 letter is written by John Christie to Frederick Valk]

Count Pino di Valmarana (02 letters)
[01 letter is written in Italian]
Moran Caplat writes, 20 January 1953, “La Fenice is surely the most beautiful theatre in the world and it has an incomparable setting in Venice. But the setting of Glyndebourne too, in quite a different way, is beautiful…”

Anna Venturini (01 letter)

Rosemary Vercoe, Head of Costume/Wardrobe (05 letters)

The Verdi Society (01 letter, 01 document)
[Document = Diary of forthcoming events]

A.Vigodny (03 letters)

Vocal scores (02 letters, 04 documents)
[Documents= Lists of hired vocal scores]

Vogue (01 letter)

Folder 20
W
Judy Waddington (02 letters)

White Lodge Hotel, Lingfield (03 letters)

Wolfgang & Wieland Wagner (01 letter)
[The telegram is from Carl Ebert and is written in German]

Anton Wallbrook (06 letters)
[01 letter dates from 1952]

Ian Wallace (12 letters)
[Some of this correspondence dates from 1952]

Alfred Wallenstein (11 letters)

Wardrobe (08 letters)

The Welsh National Opera (13 letters)
[Some of this correspondence dates from 1952]

The Wexford Festival (07 letters)

Howard Wicks (08 letters)

Wig Creations Ltd, Stanley Hall (07 letters)

Lord Wilmot, The Railway Executive (02 letters)

Alice Winch (03 letters)

Frank Winter (02 letters)
[Re: Making hats for The Rake’s Progress]

R A Wood (01 letter)

Roger Wood, Photographer (02 letters)

Henry Wrong (04 letters)
[Some of this correspondence dates from 1952]

Alfred van Wyck (09 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Artist List for 1953/1954]
[Some of this correspondence dates from 1952]

Y
Alexander Young, Tenor (06 letters)

Z
S Zollner (02 letters)

Zurich Stadttheater (03 letters)
(01 letter is written in German)

Folder 21
Miscellaneous
[Documents = Budgets, casts lists, seating plans and schedules for the 1953 season; An outline of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and a poem about putting chairs away in the garden]

Content language

English
French
German
Italian

Content other

Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Alceste
Ariadne auf Naxos
Così fan tutte
La Cenerentola
The Rake's Progress