{"id":11497,"date":"2024-08-01T09:23:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T08:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=11497"},"modified":"2024-08-01T09:23:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T08:23:36","slug":"imperial-opera-rehearsal-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/imperial-opera-rehearsal-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Opera Rehearsal: 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2024\/08\/Imperial-Opera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11611 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2024\/08\/Imperial-Opera-1024x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I must admit that I was slightly confused with this STOIC location report from 1980. I had assumed, incorrectly, that this was Op Soc, but it isn&#8217;t. I could not find any references in the STOIC card index other than to Op Soc and indeed this video, N52, is listed under Op Soc.<\/p>\n<p>As you will hear in the interview, Imperial Opera is (was?) formed from ex-Imperial students who had been in Op Soc. Mike Prosser (a former STOIC Chairman) spoke with Ian Gledhill during rehearsals that were taking place in the union concert hall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PXZ14Y8JYQo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw August <\/strong><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not featured before is Imperial Opera which differs from Op Soc and is seen here for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3921,80,295168,82],"tags":[158,11291,975,89],"class_list":["post-11497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-update","category-people","category-student-events","category-student-life","tag-clubs-and-societies","tag-music","tag-student-union","tag-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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