Legendary television director who filmed the Three Tenors and Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concerts will present his book about half a century of musical history on September 25.
Brian Large ranks among the most significant television directors specializing in opera and classical music. During his exceptional career, he has filmed more than 800 opera and concert performances for television. Originally a concert pianist, he began his television career at the BBC (1965-1980) and later became opera director and Head of Media at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
His groundbreaking works are known worldwide: the Centennial Ring from Bayreuth, the original Three Tenors concert from Rome's Baths of Caracalla, the live broadcast of Tosca from Rome's historic sites, and two decades of directing the beloved New Year's Concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic.
At this year's Golden Prague Festival, Brian Large will personally present his new autobiography At Large—Behind the Camera with Brian Large, written in collaboration with Jane Scovell, author of biographies of Elizabeth Taylor, Ginger Rogers, and Oona O'Neill Chaplin.
This captivating book begins in the ruins of war-torn London and takes readers on a riveting journey around the globe. Through his camera lens, Large immortalized historical performances of the most renowned artists of the past half-century, bringing the magic of live presentations into the homes of millions of viewers.
In this autobiography, Large recounts his career with wisdom, warmth, and wit. He presents intimate and revelatory glimpses of an astounding cast of characters including Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Igor Stravinsky, Leontyne Price, Carlos Kleiber, Birgit Nilsson, Georg Solti, Cecilia Bartoli, Benjamin Britten, Queen Elizabeth II, and even Frank Zappa.
The book, with a foreword by Renée Fleming, is essential reading for music lovers and those interested in the history of video technology and how Large's pioneering work pushed the boundaries of what television could achieve.
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