Tenor Man’s Story, The: Sir Peter Pears

Synopsis

A film made to celebrate Peter Pear’s 75th birthdayin which the tenor talks about his life to Donald Mitchell. His works are illustrated by stills, film clips and excerpts from Britten’s works.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 53 min.

Year of production

1985

Availability

Hire

Uses

General audiences; music students.*

Subjects

Music

Keywords

biographies; opera; Pears, Peter; singing

Production Company

Name

Central Independent Television

Notes

use Carlton UK Television

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.