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Northern Ireland protest in New York during Prince Charles visit (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

Report on a protest in New York during a visit by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. Irish-American protesters were demonstrating outside the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Centre against the British...

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State Visit to France

Date released

11 Apr 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1453A

NoS ID

021619

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: State Visit to France. DESCRIPTION: At Orly Airport the royal Viscount arrived, bringing the Queen, followed by Prince Philip, to begin her four day State visit and received the warmest...

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Royal Ballet, The (2007)

aka: Evening with the Royal Ballet, An

Director

Paul Czinner

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £6.00

Filmed on the stage of The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 1960, director Paul Czinner’s film showcases prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn in what was her first feature film. Partnered by Michael Somes,...

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Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (2010 Radio)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Series

Opera on 3

Radio broadcast of a revival production by Nicolas Joël of Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette in a performance directed by Daniel Oren at the Royal Opera House in London. With Piotr Beczala and Nino Machaidze in...

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Lady Macbeth at Mtsensk (2006 Television)

Series

Forbidden Shostakovich

Director

Richard Jones

The last episode in a series on works by Shostakovich which were influenced by Stalin’s rule. Peter Maniura presents a recording of the award-winning Royal Opera House production by Richard Jones. With...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2005 Radio)

Series

Opera on 3: British Music Focus

Producer

Olivia Fuchs

Transmitted live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Olivia Fuchs’s production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is presented by Stephanie Hughes. Richard Hickox conducts...

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Romeo and Juliet (1966 Film, Video)

Director

Paul Czinner

Producer

Paul Czinner

Feature film. The Royal Ballet production of the Prokofiev ballet, choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan, opened at the Royal Opera House, London, in 1965. The film was made in a studio with the entire stage...

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Three Macbeths, The (1997 Radio)

Verdi wrote two versions of his opera Macbeth, one in 1847 and the 1865 Paris version. Tom Rosenthal looks at the differences between the 1847 and 1865 compositions and compares the two librettos...

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Firebird, The and les Noces (2002)

aka: Stravinsky Staged

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 145 min), £24.99

A performance by the Royal Ballet filmed live at the Royal Opera House in 2001 and broadcast on BBC2 on 26/1/02 under the title STRAVINSKY STAGED. The principals in The Firebird are Leanne Benjamin and...

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Queen’s Silver Jubilee Gala, The (1977 Television)

Producer

Brian Large

The Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet perform in the presence of members of the Royal Family in celebration of the Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee. Includes Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing Hamlet...

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