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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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
012530
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → New York (N.Y.)
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Opera - Production and direction
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
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