Glyndebourne

Buildings and grass at Glyndebourne. Image credit Norbert Meyn.
These storymaps explore the mobilities of émigré musicians connected at the foundation of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The conductor Fritz Busch, opera director Karl Ebert and manager Rudolf Bing were some of the many émigré musicians who contributed to the success of this innovative opera company with a firmly international outlook.

Image credit: Norbert Meyn

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Winding Paths to a Country Opera House: The founding of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera

This storymap investigates the origins of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in the turbulence of the pre-war years, as well as the migrations of key early figures.

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'Lieber Herr Bing…': Tracing correspondence from the Glyndebourne archives, 1936-8

This storymap illustrates the global mobility involved in the production of the early Glyndebourne festival through letters and telegrams from the Glyndebourne archive.

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