Production scores

This material is held atBritten Pears Arts Archive

  • Reference
    • GB 1111 EOG/10
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1950s-1970s
  • Physical Description
    • 169 boxes

Scope and Content

Scores used and annotated for English Opera Group and English Music Theatre Company productions.

These are mostly published vocal scores marked for performance by members of the Group. Some are annotated by singers, others by technical, stage management and production staff.

There are some pre-publication dyelines produced for the works' premieres.

The scores are for works by Britten as well as works non-Britten works including works commissioned by the Group from other composers.

Volumes used by producers and stage managers are interleaved with a blank page inserted inbetween each double page of the score - on these interleaved pages are many annotations, stage directions and diagrams.

Including full scores, vocal scores, chorus scores, rehearsal scores, instrumental parts, and librettos.

Access Information

Open

This material is made available under the standard conditions of Britten Pears Arts. Readers will be required to produce proof of identity and to sign a Reader's Undertaking form.