A Night At The Opera

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

821

Date Released

1974

Filmed

Sep 1974

Length of issue (in feet)

180

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1A Night At The Opera

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: To most of us a night at the opera would be both an unfamiliar and an alarming prospect. But in Scotland they believe in taking opera to the people and in catching their audiences while they are still young. Michele Brown visits Scottish opera to find the secret behind the success of this young but thriving enterprise.

Researcher Comments

According to the script, includes brief interviews with the company’s general administrator, Peter Hemmings and Anne Baird, the organiser of their schools group. Locations visited include: The King’s Theatre, Renfield Hall and Rankin Hall, Glasgow. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Music and dance; Performing arts

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/821

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Director

Charles Leigh-Bennett

Presenter

Esmeralda Reyna

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Support services

Jenny Ranson

Cutter

Maurice Tarling

Presenter

Michele Brown

Camera

Ogam Films

Producer

Tony Hinton

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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