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Glyndebourne was a haven of rest and good work, enjoyed leading the single life; Ray [Leppard] hoped that PS and Paul [Giovanni] would be at the first night but thinks they must still be in N.Y.; Ray's opera ['La Calisto' by Cavalli] a huge success, but he notes the critics didn't note why it worked and was good, 'but at least they have not been bestial'; thinks of 'Shrivings' with sadness and admiration and declares it all ended with angry notes about management with John Perry; nothing is clear with Dmitri [?] about the film version of 'White Liars', will work with him to create a film version of 'Brave New World'.

Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Glyndebourne, Lewes, Sussex - Is disappointed, but hopes if he has anything in future suitable for an operatic subject to be in contact.

Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Glyndebourne, Lewes, Sussex - Was delighted to see PS's letter to 'The Times' [in support of Peter Hall's production of 'Don Giovanni'], agrees that the critics were under-informed, and is particularly suprised that Bill Mann should be, after writing a book on Mozart's operas.

Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Glyndebourne, Lewes, Sussex - Invites PS to write a damatist's view of Mozart for the Glyndebourne Programme Book for 1978 in a letter of 17 Oct., discusses it further in a letter of 15 Nov., and accepts PS's regrets in a letter of 9 Dec.

Agrees with PS's letter to the Editor of 'The Times' [supporting Peter Hall's production of 'Don Giovanni' at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and deploring the critics]; was a music critic himself and tired of self-centred colleagues.