Reference
E/CU4/1/7
Title
Bedfordshire Youth Opera Group file, including general correspondence about running the Group and staging productions, as well as the following:
Date free text
1986 - 1989
Production date
From: 1986 To: 1989
Scope and Content
- brief report of BYOG production of Dryden and Purcell’s "King Arthur" [1986];
- Times Educational Supplement reviews of "King Arthur" and Bedford School production of the play "Midsummer Night’s Dream" and letter by BYOG Producer in reply to the criticism levelled in the review [1986];
- proposed budget and accounts for "King Arthur" [1986];
- notes of meetings of Management Group of Bedfordshire Youth Opera Group and County Youth Opera Steering Group [1986-1989];
- brief report on Britten’s "Paul Bunyan" [see also E/CU4/1/5] [1987];
- Bedfordshire on Sunday, Bedfordshire Times and BBC Radio Bedfordshire reviews of "Paul Bunyan" [1987];
- relationship between BYOG and Teacher Media Resource Service [1988];
- concern by member of BYOG orchestra that the Group was to be discontinued [1988];
- brief report on Smetana’s "Bartered Bride" [see also E/CU4/1/6] [1988];
- BBC Radio Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire on Sunday reviews of "The Bartered Bride" [1988];
- BYOG information leaflet for pupils, parents, schools, students and youth organisations [1987];
- detailed report by BYOG Producer - "Bedfordshire Youth Opera: 1989 and Beyond" [1988];
- production budgets for possible productions - Gluck’s "Iphigenia in Tauris", Sondheim’s "Sweeney Todd" and Weill’s "Threepenny Opera" [1988];
- tentative breakdown of BYOG and Bedfordshire Youth Theatre equipment [1988];
- preliminary rehearsal schedule and updates for Mozart’s "Magic Flute" [1989];
- publicity information and poster for "Magic Flute" [1989].
Level of description
item