A collection of nine boxes of programme from Glyndebourne, from 1934 to 2003. The collection includes press cuttings, fliers, leaflets, tickets and newsletters.

The majority of items in the collection are festival programme books from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The collection includes books from the following years: 1934-1936, 1939, 1952-2012. The early books are much slimmer and smaller than their later counterparts; the official programme books were launched in 1952. The collection includes material from the first festival, in 1934. In addition to festival programme books, there are also a number of individual opera programmes (from the 1930s), fliers and booking forms (largely from the 1990s). The collection includes a number of items from associated events, such as lectures and exhibitions.

The collection includes items from performances and events given outside of the main opera festival. These include concert programmes – for instance programmes from concerts given by the London Mozart Players in 1959 and 1961 – and courses. In addition, there are a small number of items from local events which used the performing space of Glyndebourne: for instance, recitals given as part of the Brighton Festival in 1989.

Arrangement: 11 boxes in chronological order, as follows:

1934-1953
1954-1960
1961-1968
1969-1977
1978-1983
1984-1987
1988-1990
1991-1995
1996-2001
2002-2007
2008-2012

There is a further box of Glyndebourne Touring Opera programmes which can be consulted separately

1934 - 2012

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Not Specific

• Brighton Festival -
• Glyndebourne Festival Opera -
• London Mozart Players -

• Glyndebourne Opera House

• 20th century - late 1971-1999
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970
• 21st century

• Flyers
• Press Cuttings

College Hall 220-238 Goldhawk Road London W12 9PL

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The Portraits and Performance History Collection and its associated reading room is housed in a recently adapted space within the RCM's College Hall, its hall of residence for students. There is step-free access for visitors.

The Centre for Performance History (CPH) is a research centre and is also responsible for the stewardship of two well-established RCM research collections, the Museum of Instruments and the Portraits and Performance History Collection (PPHC). The latter houses a diverse collection relating to the history of performance including the RCM’s internationally famous collection of images, comprising 340 original portraits and sculptures and 25,000 prints and photographs, forming the most comprehensive archive of likenesses of musicians in the UK. The collection of 600,000 concert programmes from 1720 to the present day is of major importance for research into the history of music, society and culture.