Anyone watch this? The least satisfactory in the genre thus far, I'd say. You could have made an entirely different programme about Kiri the opera singer, but most of what she did at the Beeb seems to have been crossover stuff. Actually she said it herself - with the wear and tear on the voice of doing opera, she decided to do more concerts. Interview with Simon Hoggart (don't remember him doing this sort of thing?) in which she said she liked to sing Mozart and Strauss, but we just had a couple of Puccini clips 
. Candidate for the creepiest interview question ever (from Hugh Scully) - "Are you ever frightened by the fact that you have achieved so much at such a young age?" - eugh.
Best moments - clip of Ebben ne andro lontana from the Proms; how she asked Bernstein to stop smoking during rehearsals for the WSS recording. Worst moments: Noel Edmonds show, Top of the Pops, Liverpool Oratorio, My Fair Lady from the Proms, that royal wedding outfit..... We did see Solti, who I think was something of a mentor to her (and a close family friend, as he says in his memoirs), accompanying her....
. Candidate for the creepiest interview question ever (from Hugh Scully) - "Are you ever frightened by the fact that you have achieved so much at such a young age?" - eugh. Best moments - clip of Ebben ne andro lontana from the Proms; how she asked Bernstein to stop smoking during rehearsals for the WSS recording. Worst moments: Noel Edmonds show, Top of the Pops, Liverpool Oratorio, My Fair Lady from the Proms, that royal wedding outfit..... We did see Solti, who I think was something of a mentor to her (and a close family friend, as he says in his memoirs), accompanying her....
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