Season 1
6 episodes · Jan 15, 1996
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- S1E1
Star Struck
Jan 16, 199650mAs 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.
- S1E2
Horse Trading
Jan 23, 199650mIt'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.
- S1E3
Foot Fault
Jan 30, 199650mNot 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.
- S1E4
High Hopes
Feb 6, 199650mA 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.
- S1E5
Settling Scores
Feb 13, 199650mThe new Director at the Royal Opera has the task of finding the right balance between financial and aesthetic considerations.
- S1E6
Winning Ticket
Feb 20, 199650mThe 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.