Opera Centre

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

997

Date Released

1978

Length of issue (in feet)

175

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Opera Centre

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: An entertainment by the elite for the elite - that’s how opera has been described in the past. The London Opera Centre certainly wouldn’t go along with that description as it’s a training ground for the concept of total theatre in opera. Diana MacLean visits there and talks to one of the centre’s greatest-ever pupils, international New Zealand singer Kiri Te Kanawa.

Researcher Comments

According to the final commentary script, other participants include the singers: Marie McLaughlin and Andrew Greenwood, and tutors Anne Cornock Taylor and Peter Gellhorn. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version.

Keywords

Education and training; Music and dance; Performing arts

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/997

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Presenter

Diana MacLean

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

R.I. Phillips

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Film Archive

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British Film Institute (BFI)

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