Edith Coates Trailers
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Most Popular Edith Coates Trailers
Total trailers found: 3
Mañana Trailer (1956)
01 February 1956
Broadcast on 1 February 1956, composer Arthur Benjamin's Mañana was the first opera commissioned by the BBC.
The Beggar's Opera Trailer (1953)
24 August 1953
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera Trailer (1963)
28 February 1963
A huge success at its first performance in 1728 John Gay's The Beggar's Opera satirized the conventions of Italian opera, using popular tunes to tell the story of rogues and criminals.
