File 023 - Night blooming cereus : libretto and performance records

2 cm of textual records + 1 photograph + 1 set design

John Beckwith (1991-2001, 2018); Kathleen McMorrow (A2024-02)

File contains production records, draft libretti, correspondence, and records relating to performance of the opera, including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio broadcast.

Production materials include correspondence with Peter Dwyer, Canada Council; budget drafts, contracts, and other financial documents for the 1959 Hart House production; reviews; letters from Jay [MacPherson]; "An evening with Babble & Doodle" by James Reaney (1961), which includes a history of the creation and production of the opera. File includes correspondence, the program, and a photograph from a performance of a scene from John Beckwith's Night Blooming Cereus as part of the Canadian Composers Festival at the Hartt College of Music of the University of Hartford (November 15, 1959).

File also contains publicity materials, programs, and reviews of other performances; French translation of Night Blooming Cereus; drafts and correspondence with librettist James Reaney; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commissioning documents; and other correspondence about the opera from Istvan Anhalt, Chester Duncan, Hugh Le Caine, John Roberts, and personal friends.

File also includes a set design for Night Blooming Cereus by Louis de Niverville (previously framed).

• English
• French