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The House

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First Aired:January 16, 1996
Seasons:1 season
Episodes:6
Status:Ended

A behind-the-scenes look at the Royal Opera House.

Cast

Jancis Robinson

Jancis Robinson

Narrator

Seasons

E1Star Struck

50m

Jan 16, 1996

As the curtain rises, there's a crisis at the box office and impending disaster on stage as diva Denyce Graves loses her voice. Visits to a Harley Street specialist fail to remedy the problem, leaving just hours to locate a replacement for the leading role in Carmen.

E2Horse Trading

50m

Jan 23, 1996

It's a stressful time for almost everyone concerned as two productions—an opera and a ballet—go into rehearsals and over budget. Almost everything that can go wrong duly does so.

E3Foot Fault

50m

Jan 30, 1996

Not all the staff are happy with the radical changes in the Opera House work schedules planned to be implemented. Meanwhile, the Royal Ballet is off to Washington.

E4High Hopes

50m

Feb 6, 1996

A silent war waged behind the famous Crush Bar and further confrontation between management and unions over rates of pay feature in tonight's behind-the-scenes developments at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

E5Settling Scores

50m

Feb 13, 1996

The new Director at the Royal Opera has the task of finding the right balance between financial and aesthetic considerations.

E6Winning Ticket

50m

Feb 20, 1996

The main problem for the Royal Opera House is an ever-present one: to secure the hundreds of millions of pounds needed to keep the opera and ballet companies performing in London while the Covent Garden building is refurbished. But plenty of people are ready to pay £1,750 to join the Princess of Wales in the audience for the Winter Gala.

Storyline

A behind-the-scenes look at the Royal Opera House.

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