Glyndebourne Production Correspondence, The Rape of Lucretia 1946 - 1947, Correspondence with The English Opera Group, Letter from John Christie to Benjamin Britten

Reference code: G/CC/9/2/4/5
Level: Item
Title: Glyndebourne Production Correspondence, The Rape of Lucretia 1946 - 1947, Correspondence with The English Opera Group, Letter from John Christie to Benjamin Britten
Date: 12 November 1946
Quantity & Format: 01 letter, 02 pages (copy letter)
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Creator(s): Christie, John
Britten, Benjamin (Baron)
Scope and content: Re: John Christie’s response to G/CC/9/2/4/3
John Christie writes, “You say that “we regret that Rudolf Bing’s admirable devotion to the interests of Glyndebourne should make him so little confident in our own integrity and purpose”. Your statement is pure invention. You add “We can not work well with him, for he sums up the mistrust of Glyndebourne for any enterprise that it does not itself mould or control”. This too is pure invention. I do not accept any portion of this paragraph, and I don’t accept a suggestion that you think it is true in principle or in detail.”
Content event: Opera production: GFO 1947 The Rape of Lucretia (1947)
Content other: The Rape of Lucretia (Revival)
Albert Herring (New production)