1939-1946
Including items relating to the following operas;
The Bartered Bride, Faust and Cosi Fan Tutte
The scrapbook includes press cuttings and newspaper articles regarding Joan Cross in operas at Sadler's Wells, including an article for Faust and Cosi Fan Tutte from The Bystander in 1939.
Also includes production photographs for unknown productions, as well as photographs of Joan Cross with Anne Pollack from 1945.
Peter Grimes
Newspaper articles featuring Britten, Pears as Peter Grimes and Joan Cross as Ellen Orford. There are also newspaper reviews, including an article written by Tyrone Guthrie.
Includes photographs of Joan Cross, with Britten and Pears, on holiday in Zurich, as well as programmes for European performances of Grimes in Zurich in 1946. There are telegrams of good luck from Lawrance Collingwood, Con and Eric Morgan and many more. Includes production photographs of Peter Grimes. Some of the photographs have been autographed.
Tristan and Isolde and The Rosenkavalier
Rehearsal and production photographs, and photographs of the cast at Dartington Hall.
There are a number of loose letters, telegrams and press cuttings inserted in the pages towards the back of the book.
1 volume
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