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LevelItem

ReferencePH/5/85

Artist / Photographer

Jonker, Henk

Title

Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears with the English Opera Group at Amsterdam Airport

DateJun 1951

DescriptionPhotograph of the English Opera Group gathered beside a plane at Amsterdam Airport, taken on their visit to the Holland Festival with their new production of Purcell's 'Dido and Aenas'. Centre front with bouquets, Joan Cross and Britten with Basil Douglas on his left. Pears stands on lower step above them.
Photographer: Henk Jonker (copyright Maria Austria Instituut)

Extent1 photograph

Physical Descriptionblack and white (copy); 24 x 19 cm

CopyrightMaria Austria Instituut

Related MaterialProgramme for EOG production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in Britten's edition with Cross as Dido.

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