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ReferenceCRS/4/8/8

Title

ENSA correspondence

Date1942-1945

DescriptionCorrespondence to Cross from other artists on tour with ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association). The correspondence consists of letters and picture post cards written in 1945 from various locations in Germany, including Detmold, Hamburg and Berlin, and Belgium, including Ostende. Correspondents include Anna Pollak, Romayne Austin, Muriel Burnett and Mollie Wilkinson. There is also a programme, in German, from the Staatsoper Berlin from 1942, of a concert of Beethoven's music conducted by Herbert von Karajan, and an undated flyer in English for a concert of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice at the German State Opera, conducted by Karl Schmidt. Many of the letters and cards are headed 'Sadler's Wells Opera, No 1 ENSA HQ, B.A.O.R.'

Extent1 folder

CatalogueArchive

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