Caroline O'Connor interviewed by Bill Stephens [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4934084
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- O'Connor, Caroline, 1962-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2010
- 6 sound files (507 min.)
- Summary:
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Caroline O'Connor born 1962, speaks about her parents and siblings; her childhood recollections; commencing dance lessons; moving to Sydney, her dancing career; Ransley Dance School; beginning ballet training (aged 9); Irish dancing technique; winning Irish Dance championships; her education; her auditions for the Australian Ballet School and Royal Ballet School; life at the Royal Ballet School; auditioning in Europe; an offer from Shawn and Gina Gilroy; her mother's contribution to her dance training; developing her musical memory; Eisteddfods; singing lessons; Mikhail Baryshnikov; Natalia Makarova; Gelsy Kirkland; Anthony Dowell; preparing for her new West End show; the influence of directors and choreographers; the role of Edith Piaf; dancing with the Australian Opera Ballet; Anthony Warlow; playing Maria in 'West Side Story'; returning to London; David Merrick; auditioning for 'Cats', 'Me and my girl'; Robert Lindsay and Emma Thompson; her ability to do accents; Alex Armitage; Michael Bird; her husband, Barry Shaw; performing Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret'; 'A Chorus Line'; her new show (The showgirl within); participating in a workshop for Andrew Lloyd Webber of 'Sunset Boulevard'; Patti Lupone; working with a live orchestra; 'Hold tight it's sixties night'; Julian Kelly; her CD albums; her abilities as a singer and performer.
O'Connor talks about auditioning for Australian 'Chicago' production; Ann Reinking; playing Anita in 'West Side Story' (Leicester) and for the Victorian State Opera; Ian Judge; 'Showboat'; Jerry Herman; Reverand Stephen Norman; her appearances in Royal Variety Command Performances; working with Ross Coleman; 'Moulin Rouge'; John (Cha Cha) O'Connell, Catherine Martin; performing 'America' with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; the Australian production of 'Chicago', opening on Broadway as Velma Kelly; the Lloyd-Webber, Cameron Mackintosh shows; the 'Chicago' 10th Anniversary Celebrations on Broadway; Walter Bobbie; The Milwaukee Playhouse; Wayne Harrison, 'End of the Rainbow'; her father's death; becoming involved in David Williamson's 'Scarlet O'Hara at the Crimson Parrot'; Brian Stacey; working with Julian Kelly; performing 'The Girl from Oz' at the 2010 Adelaide Cabaret Festival; Daniel Edmonds; her forthcoming appearance in the Stephen Sondheim 80th Birthday celebration; English companies presenting American musicals in Paris; meeting Betty Comden; the current state of the arts and arts journalism in Australia; her response to reviews of her performances; other interests; the making of the film 'Surviving Georgia'; television appearances; audience expectations; ambitions for the future; her family.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 6-7 July 2010 in Sydney, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Related Material:
- Later interview with Caroline O'Connor conducted in 2018 is available in the National Library of Australia's Oral History & Folklore collection at ORAL TRC 6980.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (20 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 275 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Stephens, Bill, 1936-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2080 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2010
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