Libretto 'The Magic Flute', 1989-93
- Component identifier:
- Series 36
- Content Summary:
- In 1989 Dutton began translating and adapting Emanuel Schikaneder's original libretto of Mozart's 'The Magic Flute', in association with Arthur Boyd, Max Dupain, Sir Yehudi Menuhin and Bernd Benthaak. The adaptation was commissioned for a special Australian production of the opera. Included in this series is correspondence with Menuhin, with whom Dutton dealt extensively.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were purchased in a number of instalments. The bulk of the papers were received from Geoffrey Dutton between 1986 and 1998, with a further two small instalments received from his partner, Robin Lucas, in 2002 and 2003.
- Names:
- Geoffrey Dutton
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Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1357699).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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