DL/A-Z//MEAR - [Correspondence with Ava Jean Mears of Houston Grand Opera]

DL/A-Z//MEAR

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[Correspondence with Ava Jean Mears of Houston Grand Opera]

1995

3 Letters (typescript and MS)

Mears, Ava Jean
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

3 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Ava Jean Mears, Resource Centre Director at Houston Grand Opera, and Doris Lessing. Includes a letter from Aaron McEmerys to Ava Jean Mears, discussing Lessing's opera (item 003).

DL/A-Z//MEAR/001 [from Ava Jean Mears to Doris Lessing, 22/05/1995]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Mentions Lessing's opera, 'The Making of the Representative for Planet 8'. Writes that Aaron McEmerys is writing a thesis on Lessing's work and would like to write a bibliography, and has requested information and photographs that have not been released to the public. Mears asks for Lessing's permission. Discusses Prisons We Choose to Live Inside. Mentions Philip Glass.

DL/A-Z//MEAR/002 [from Doris Lessing to Ava Jean Mears, 12/06/1995]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Agrees to let Mears "send this young man anything appropriate". Discusses her relationship with Philip Glass and the opera. Mentions 'The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five'.