Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/D/1/6/16
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/D/1/6/16
Title
Letter to Beaton
Date(s)
- 22 March 1965 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1902-1997)
Biographical history
Opera impresario. General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, 1950 - 1972.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Typescript letter, in which Bing states that he has never heard of anyone charging as much for costumes as Barbara Karinska proposes to charge for the creation of the costumes for 'La Traviata'. He concedes that everything that is possible will be done to make the show as phenomenal as Beaton intends, but that this will need to be within the limits of the Metropolitan Opera.