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Royal Opera Gala Visit

Date released

11 Jun 1953

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1253A

NoS ID

018586

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Opera Gala Visit. DESCRIPTION: Now, another great London crowd - this time at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where the Queen and the Royal Family attended the performance...

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Macbeth (2001 Radio)

Series

Opera on 3

Producer

David McVicar

Radio broadcast. Verdi’s opera broadcast as part of the Verdi season at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The production by David McVicar features an all-Russian cast with Edem Umerov and Irina Gordei...

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Farewell to King and Queen of Sweden

Date released

5 Jul 1954

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2436

NoS ID

045080

Story no

1 / 5

King Gustav of Sweden replies to address of welcome tendered by City Corporation and memorable visit is climaxed by performance at Royal Opera House.

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Royal Opera Fashions

Date released

12 Nov 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1745

NoS ID

024873

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Leading Ladies. DESCRIPTION: We visited Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House, to watch a fashion show with the Queen Mother. The show was put on by the Society of London Fashion...

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At the Ballet

Date released

3 Mar 1960

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1604A

NoS ID

023496

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: At the Ballet. DESCRIPTION: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, with Princess Margaret and her fiancé, Mr Anthony Armstrong-Jones, attend at gala performance at Covent Garden. This was...

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Otello (2001 Radio)

Series

Opera on 3

Elijah Moshinsky’s production of Otello. Jose Cura is Otello and Alexandru Agache is Iago. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden are conducted by Daniele Gatti.

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Capuleti e I Montecchi, I (2009 Radio)

aka: Capulets and the Montagues, The

Series

Opera on 3

Bellini’s setting of Vaccai’s version of Romeo and Juliet. The version differs from Shakespeare’s play in featuring two rival political factions instead of...

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Funding the arts in London (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Music

Rodney Bennett investigates arts funding in London and whether public finance is appropriate. Speaks to: Secretary General of the Arts Council, Sir Roy Shaw; head of the board at the Royal Opera House, Sir...

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Children not allowed to watch Romeo and Juliet (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

David Kermode reports on headmistress Jane Hardman Brown refusing to let children from Kingsmead Primary School on a Hackney estate watch Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Opera House,...

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Technicolor - "Extra"

Date released

1 May 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/36

NoS ID

113562

Story no

6 / 6

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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, seems an unlikely spot for the start of an export drive, but here, too, they’re aiming to level our balance of payments. Pathe News went behind the scenes as the Royal...

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