Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/D/1/8/10
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/D/1/8/10
Title
Letter to Beaton
Date(s)
- 22 August 1961 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(b 1925)
Biographical history
Assistant Manager at the Metropolitan Opera.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Typescript letter; owing to the cancellation of the 1961/62 Metropolitan Opera season - due to ongoing disputes with the Musicians Union - the administration no longer requires Beaton's services as a set and costume designer for the production of "Adriana Lecouvreur", and therefore proposes to annul the contract he has made with them. This is because they cannot be sure when or even if a settlement can and will be reached, and certainly not in the short-term.