Episode of Series “Creative Spirits Series”.
A delightful journey through the world of opera, this film is constructed around Joan Carden’s preparation and performance as Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s highly entertaining and accessible opera “Madam Butterfly”. Sequences of Carden preparing for that production are intercut with her preparation for the role of Musetta opposite Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s Mimi in the Victoria State Opera’s “La Boheme”. Historical film shows notable performances from her past that firmly implanted her on the international scene. We see Carden as an actor and singer and she talks of the influences, techniques, demands and pitfalls that are part and parcel of her art.
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ACMI Identifier
324335
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Music & Performing Arts → Carden, Joan
Music & Performing Arts → Opera - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Opera - Production and direction
Music & Performing Arts → Opera singers
Music & Performing Arts → Operas
Music & Performing Arts → Operas - Excerpts
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)