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"The Moran Caplat Collection Of Designs For Glyndebourne" 1988 Christie's London
$125
[60] pp.
w/ 146 lots
Christie's London
1988
10" x 8"
VG
Moran Victor Hingston Caplat, CBE (1 October 1916 - 19 June 2003) was an English opera manager, associated throughout his career with Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Caplat was particularly interested in good stage design, hitherto a weakness at Glyndebourne. He brought in leading British designers, including Hugh Casson, Leslie Hurry, Osbert Lancaster, Oliver Messel and John Piper. Later designers during Caplat's tenure included John Bury, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Erté and David Hockney.