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Production photographs of Britten's opera The Beggar's Opera

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Collection	PHPN	Photographs of productions

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ReferencePHPN/2

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Production photographs of Britten's opera The Beggar's Opera

Date1948-1982

DescriptionPhotographs of several productions staged in the UK and abroad, as follows:
Photographs of the first production by the English Opera Group, 1948 at Cambridge, the Holland and Cheltenham Festivals, Sadler's Wells, Birmingham and People's Palace, London; also of subsequent English Opera Group productions of 1950 at the Aldeburgh and Cheltenham festivals and Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith; 1954 at Sadler's Wells and 1963 in Aldeburgh and Edinburgh festivals, (revived 1966-67on North of England tour, Cambridge, Lyon, Sadler's Wells and Montreal).
Photographs of productions by German companies in Dresden, 1961 and as part of an international exchange visit by the Hochschule der Künste of Berlin to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, 1982.

Extent3 boxes

Related Material Photpcopy of programme for week beginning 24 May 1948 at The Arst Theatre, Cambridge; Programme for 25, 26, 28 and 29 June, 1948, at the Holland Festival; press reviews in English Opera Group archive colletcion

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9 Component Record(s)

Level	Ref.	Title	Date
Series	PHPN/2/1	Production photographs of the original presentation of The Beggar's Opera in Britten's realisation by the English Opera Group	1948
Series	PHPN/2/2	Production photographs of The Beggar's Opera in Britten's realisation by the English Opera Group	1950
Series	PHPN/2/3	Production photographs of The Beggar's Opera in Britten's realisation by the English Opera Group at Queen's Hall, Barnstaple	1953
Series	PHPN/2/4	Production photographs of The Beggar's Opera in Britten's realisation by the English Opera Group at Sadler's Wells	1954
Series	PHPN/2/5	Production photographs of The Beggar's Opera in Britten's realisation at the Staatstheater, Dresden	1961
Series	PHPN/2/6	Production photographs of The Beggar's Opera in Britten's realisation at Aldeburgh, Paris and Edinburgh	1963
Series	PHPN/2/7	Production photographs of The Beggar's Opera in Britten's realisation on Engllish tour and at Lyon	1966
Series	PHPN/2/8	Production photographs of The Beggar's Opera in Britten's realisation at Sadler's Wells and Montreal	1967
Series	PHPN/2/9	Production photograph of The Beggar's Opera in Britten's realisation , cast and production team	1982