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      - G/CC/9/9/2 - Glyndebourne Production Correspondence, 1947 - 1951, Proposed Tours

Glyndebourne Production Correspondence, Proposed Tours, 1948 - 1951, USA

Reference code: G/CC/9/9/2/2
Level: File
Title: Glyndebourne Production Correspondence, Proposed Tours, 1948 - 1951, USA
Date: 1948 -1951
Quantity & Format: 327 letters, 32 Documents in 04 folders
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Creator(s): Bing, Rudolf KBE (Sir)
Beecham, Thomas (Sir)
Busch, Fritz
Caplat, Moran
Christie, John
Mildmay, Audrey
Ebert, Carl (Professor)
Gérard, Rolf
Spedan Lewis
Scope and content: Details plans for Glyndebourne to perform in the USA at the Princeton Theatre, under the banner of the National Arts Foundation of America, in 1950, as well as in New York and/or Washington under the sponsorship of Mr S Hurok in 1951. Neither tour took place.

Contains correspondence with -
Folder 1
A
Miss Allen (01 letter)

The American Embassy (02 letters)

The American National Theatre and Academy (01 letter)

B
Sir Thomas Beecham (05 letters)

XX Bicknell (01 letter)

Rudolf Bing (07 letters)

Donald Blagden (01 letter)

Millard Bloomer (01 letter)

The British Council, Reginald Davies (05 letters, 03 documents)
[Documents = ‘General Notes’, ‘Notes on Visit to Mr. Procter at the Treasury’, ‘Notes on Interview with Mr. Davies at British Council’]

Benjamin Britten (02 letters)
(01 letter is written by Eric Crozier)

Fritz Busch (02 letters)
Fritz Busch writes, 05 February 1950, “I always considered it my best achievement for Glyndebourne that I was able to take a considerable share in the responsibility of appointing the singers.”

C
Moran Caplat (04 letters)

R.M.Carson (04 letters)

Audrey and John Christie (04 letters, 02 documents)
[Documents = ‘Notes on Projected American Visit’, Confidential report for John and Audrey Christie]

Columbia Artists Management, Andre Mertens (08 letters)

Cunard White Star Ltd (20 letters, 01 document)
[Document = Leaflet about Cunard sailings and fares)

D
Dean & Dawson (01 letter)

Dollar Export Board (09 letters)

Olin Downes, The New York Times (02 letters)

E
Carl Ebert (03 letters)

Edinburgh Festival Society, John Reid (09 letters)

W.E.Edwards (06 letters)

R.L. Edwards (01 letter)

G
Rolf Gerard, Designer (23 letters)
(Includes a signed contract for designing the scenes and costumes for Cosi fan Tutte for the Edinburgh International Festival 1948 and his notes about the technical specifics of the Princeton Theatre)

John E.Gibbs & Co, Inc., Robert Lantz (44 letters)
Robert Lantz writes, 08 March 1950, “Mr. Reinheimer called me yesterday to say that Rodgers and Hammerstein are most anxious that you should understand that they feel that the difficulties standing in the way of a Glyndebourne visit this year are immense.”

Folder 2
H
S. Hurok (28 letters)

I
Institute of Contemporary Arts (05 letters)

International Theatre Institute (01 letter)

K
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (01 letter)

L
John Spedan Lewis (03 letters)

P
Pall Mall Deposit and Forwarding Company (05 letters)

A.C.Pierson (01 letter)

R
Howard Reinheimer (01 letter)

Rodgers & Hammerstein (03 letters)
Moran Caplat writes, 06 March 1950, “I should be very happy indeed if something could be worked out by which Glyndebourne Opera would come to this country for the first time under your auspices.”

S
Andrew Schulhof (06 letters)

Carleton Smith, National Arts Foundation (47 letters, 06 documents)
[Documents = Newspaper clipping, ‘Conversation with Mr. Carleton Smith at 23, Baker Street on 21st September, 1949’, Group of handwritten notes, Ist rough draft of ‘Glyndebourne Opera to Honor United States Capital on its 150th Birthday’, ‘Glyndebourne Opera to Honour United States Capital on its 150th Birthday’, Newspaper clipping]

The document ‘Glyndebourne Opera to Honour United States Capital on its 150th Birthday’ states, “Glyndebourne has been called the “Tiffany” of the opera companies, and specializes in Mozart. Queen Mary, George Bernard Shaw, Toscanini and other world celebrities are frequent visitors at Glyndebourne, and it has achieved a perfection in staging a quality of ensemble not known in United States opera performances.”

T
Virgil Thomson (02 letters)

W
R.D.Welch, Princeton University (01 letter)

Folder 3
National Arts Foundation (58 letters, 13 documents)
[Document = ‘Memorandum of Meetings 28th and 29th August 1949’, ‘Notes on Projected American Visit’, Entfuhrung Casting, Press Release by the National Arts Foundation, Points to Raise in America x3 versions, List of electrical equipment, Budgets for 3 operas, Draft contract, Glyndebourne Season at Princeton 1950: Schedule of Rehearsals and Performances, Budget for ‘Three Weeks Season at Princeton’.

Folder 4
Newspaper clippings (03 documents)

General contractual notes (01 document)

Notes on expenditure and costs (01 document)

Estimated budget (01 document)

Names, addresses and telephone numbers of contacts in the USA (01 document)

Casting notes (01 document)

Suggested Washington Bill (01 document)