Learning on ScreenA Night At The Opera
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
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:
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- 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
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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