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The House

1996

1 season

6 episodes

Documentary

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

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Jancis Robinson

Ep 1
1.Star Struck
16-01-199650m
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...
Ep 2
2.Horse Trading
23-01-199650m
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.
Ep 3
3.Foot Fault
30-01-199650m
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.
Ep 4
4.High Hopes
06-02-199650m
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...
Ep 5
5.Settling Scores
13-02-199650m
The new Director at the Royal Opera has the task of finding the right balance between financial and aesthetic considerations.
Ep 6
6.Winning Ticket
20-02-199650m
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 w...

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