Mañana

A quaint, sung-through slice of village life that charms with its gossipy chorus and gently builds to a wry, apocalyptic punchline.

Directed by

George R. Foa

Genres

Tv movie, Music, Drama

Starring

Frederick Sharp, Edith Coates, Heather Harper

Tagline

A New Opera for Television

Overview

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 from her window, the neglected boy playing in the square, the pickpocket at work, the lazy man stretched out snoring in the midday sun, the Wise Man who mends china and writes letters for the poor and is fed in turn by the community. What will happen on the day when his food is given to a boy wrongly imprisoned in the local gaol and the Wise Man goes hungry? His anger is such that he prophesies the end of the world for mañana (tomorrow morning) and the credulous village repents and makes ready to meet its doom." —George R. Foa

How it feels

Whimsical, satirical, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Faith, class, family, guilt

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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