Chorus and principals on stage please

A co-production by Film Australia and the Australian Opera, this film of compelling interest to opera-lovers features throughout Australian stars Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge. We are taken behind the Sydney Opera House curtain to explore many of the preparations required to stage such an opera as “Lakma”. With shooting undertaken in Sydney and New York the film leaves a lively impression of the problems of running an opera

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Credits

production company

Film Australia

Australian Opera

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012530

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → New York (N.Y.)

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Opera - Production and direction

Performance

Performance → Opera - Performance

Places → New York (N.Y.)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1988