No Autographs, Please!
Backstage antics, onstage disasters and the long road to success
$31.50
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2024
Summary
In all theatre, the spotlight follows the leads, making it easy for the audience to overlook the role of the singers, dancers and actors who bring a production to life. Katherine Wiles is used to being dismissed as ‘singing wallpaper’ by those who incorrectly assume she’s an opera chorister because she ‘didn’t quite make it’. But she and her proud and passionate chorus colleagues are exactly where they want to be. In No Autographs, Please! Katherine offers a rare glimpse into a fasci…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760689391 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760689394 |
| Author: | Katherine Wiles |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Echo Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 262mm x 341mm |
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Critics Review
‘Katherine’s account of life as a chorus member is full of wit and behind-the-scenes revelations.’ - Fiona Allan, CEO, Opera Australia
‘She literally draws back the curtain on the fascinating world that is opera …’ - Sigrid Thornton AO, actor
Katherine Wiles
Australian-New Zealand opera singer Katherine Wiles has been a permanent member of the Opera Australia Chorus since 2007. She has performed and understudied several principal roles with Opera Australia, State Opera South Australia, New Zealand Opera and several companies throughout the United Kingdom. Her career highlights include performing at the Edinburgh Festival; guest soloist onboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, Scotland; touring Australia with the 60th-anniversary production of My Fair Lady, directed by Dame Julie Andrews; and performing in the Concert Hall at Sydney Opera House.
Katherine holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the University of Auckland; FTCL Voice from Trinity College, London; and a Master of Music (Advanced Opera) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is the Australian Ambassadorial Advisor for the Dame Malvina Major Foundation, New Zealand, and continues to perform full-time with Opera Australia.
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