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British opera singer replaces Domingo (1990)

Genre

Interview

Phil Edwards? interviews British tenor Jeffrey Lawton on getting a phone call out of the blue to replace Placido Domingo as the lead man in Otello at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden after Domingo became...

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Pick of 1979: interviews from The Late Show April/May 1979 - nd [Apr/May 1979] - 2 reels

Pick of 1979: interviews from The Late Show: April/May 1979 - Tracks 1-4 April; Tracks 5-8 May. NB intros are not on tape. TRACK 1- Interview with COUNT NICOLAI TOLSTOY - Victims of Yalta. He told Paul what...

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The story of Kathleen Ferrier (1987)

Genre

Feature

The life and career of opera singer Kathleen Ferrier, with several excerpts of opera sung by her including What is Life, Oratorio Elijah and Mahler’s Song of the Earth. Interviews with schoolfriends and...

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Aida at Earls Court (1988)

Genre

Interview

Rodney Bennett interviewing opera singer Grace Bumbry, who is to take on the title role at some performances of Verdi’s Aida at the Earls Court Arena in London. On the challenge of working on a larger...

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Luciano Pavarotti on Glasgow concert (1992)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti gives a press conference before his performance at The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow commenting on his diet to lose weight and recording of the...

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Placido Domingo cancels London concert (1986)

Genre

Interview

Opera singer Placido Domingo on cancelling a London concert when he found out the high price being charged for tickets and that the arena would be only half-full. Female interviewer not identified.

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Our kind of town (1979)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

Our Kind of Town. This edition presented by Greg Strange from the London Coliseum, home of the English National Opera. Includes interviews with Managing Director of the ENO, Lord Harewood (George Lascelles);...

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Nightline (1988)

Genre

Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in

Mike Allen interviews singer Eartha Kitt, on his Nightline programme and the public phone-in. Speaks about her stage role with Orson Welles in the 1950s; CIA dossier due to anti-Vietnam war statements;...

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Elizabeth Connell on her work as a singer (1986)

Genre

Interview

Dramatic soprano Elizabeth Connell talks about her work and some of her favourite composers. Female interviewer not identified.

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Artsweek special (1980)

Genre

Discussion; Documentary; Interview; Jingle; Obituary; Special

Artsweek Special, presented by Philip Bacon. In two parts. The first half examines various issues including the English National Opera’s new production of Verdi’s opera, Aida, at the London Coliseum; art...

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