1978 Glyndebourne opera festival brochure, cover by Erté.

Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, from the French pronunciation of his initials (pronounced [ɛʁ.te], AIR TAY). He was a 20th-century artist and designer in an array of fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.

Size: 31cm x 25cm.

Condition: excellent condition, minor creasing where the cover is larger than the contents.

Please see photos for detailed condition, contents, schedule and performers, and some sample pictures of inside the programme.

Approx 150 pages. With numerous extensive articles about the operas being staged, the personalities and using high quality photos of many rarely seen classical works of art. Includes some collectible retro full page adverts for luxury and other major brands eg Hermes, Benson and Hedges.

The cover price for current versions of the festival brochure are circa £20.

As each programme weighs just under 1kg postage is by Royal Mail Small Parcel at £2.99. I have many more available, please see my other listings. In most cases I can post two within the Small Parcel weight limit, so if you buy two, the second one will be post free. Please email me for details.