- John Copley
John Michael Howard Copley (born
12 June 1933 ) is a British theatre and opera producer.He was born in
Birmingham , West Midlands. After a brief career as an actor, he became stage manager at Sadler's Wells in 1953 and resident producer for theCovent Garden Opera Company in 1972. He has produced most of the standard operatic repertoire for many opera houses and festivals in Europe, USA and Canada. He has had a long association withOpera Australia , including the Australian premiere ofLeoš Janáček ’s "Jenůfa " in 1984.The filmed operas he has been associated with are:
* "Semiramide " (1990)
* "Adriana Lecouvreur " (1984)
* "Giulio Cesare " (1984)
* "La bohème " (1982)
* "Lucrezia Borgia" (1980)External links
* [http://www.information-britain.co.uk/famousbrits.php?id=1513 Information Britain]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178735/ IMDB profile]
* [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4Y70Nw3kHKUC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=john+copley+ballet+1933&source=web&ots=ru4mrimcYe&sig=v6cVHDJJb8I3-gHOE65BlvcvBqE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result The Riverside Dictionary of Biography]
* [http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/copley-family-crest.htm Copley family crest]
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