Mañana (1956)
A New Opera for Television
1956 · 1h 13m · TV Movie, Music, Drama, Romance
Genres: TV Movie, Music, Drama, Romance
Broadcast on 1 February 1956, composer Arthur Benjamin's Mañana was the first opera commissioned by the BBC. "The small Andalusian village comes to life in a sequence of short scenes introducing its inhabitants: a group of gossiping washerwomen, the prying eyes of the old rich widow looking down…
Director: George R. Foa
Writers: Caryl Brahms, George R. Foa
Music by: Arthur Benjamin
Cast
Frederick Sharp as The Wise ManEdith Coates as The WidowHeather Harper as LuisitaCarlos Montes as PedroNaida Labay as ConchitaPatricia Kern as PiaSheila Young as Third womanIvor Evans as The MayorWilliam Dickie as The InnkeeperTani as DoloresRonald Lewis as JoseDavid Langford as CarlosMore like this
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