Jessica Pratt interviewed by Diana Ritch [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3550724
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Pratt, Jessica, 1979-
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use for 10 years from the date of the interview.
- Description:
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- 2005
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 65 min.)
- Summary:
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Jessica Pratt, born in Bristol, U.K. in 1979 speaks about family background and coming to Australia; her parents, Philip and Veronica Pratt, father is a tenor and her main teacher; the whole family being involved in music; always wanting to be an opera singer; her schooling; starting music when young, singing seriously at 18; attending Opera School at the Sydney Conservatorium; Maree Ryan; Margaret Nixon; Margaret Findlay; John Mathieson; seeing her first opera performance when she was about 7 and the impact on her; Sharolyn Kimmorley; Andrea Katts; how she approaches a piece; her responsibility to the audience and their response; what makes a good singer; winning competitions; the "business" of being an opera singer; winning the Marianne Mathy Scholarship and the consequences.
Pratt discusses going to Israel on the Nelly Apt Scholarship; being in the finals of the New York Metropolitan Opera Competition, coming 2nd; the opportunities in New York; her plans to do courses in Puerto Rico, Montreal, France and Tel Aviv; the techniques she learnt in France; learning languages, Italian, French, German; her own input into singing, movement, dancing and the need to be fit; the reaction of her father to her singing; her time in Paris, meeting international singers for the first time; singing for Placido Domingo; being asked to go to Germany in October, then to Paris and Toulouse; her interest in French songs; how she approaches a song; her plans for the immediate future and her hopes for the next 5 years.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on August 16, 2005 at Sydney, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Sopranos (Singers)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ritch, Diana, 1943-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2075 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2005
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