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Record information – Brief Opportunity Knocks
Series title:Opportunity KnocksHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1951-04-16Item number (ISN):128974Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: SPECIAL DISC COLLECTIONAccession:1989-0181Media:SoundPart:2 of 2Production date:1951-04-16Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:host/conductor, John Adaskin; announcer, Lamont TildenDescription:Developing Canadian artists perform on this weekly talent show, with a winner chosen for a final competition. This program features a young and unknown Maureen Forrester, who tells John Adaskin that she has a "part-time job as a switchboard operator". The performers are: (a) singer [George Kirkman]: "It Might As Well Be Spring"; (b) contralto Maureen Forrester: "Ombra mai fu" from "Serse" by Handel; (c) Canadian Composers series: "Overture for a Puppet Show" by Maurice Blackburn, played by the Opportunity Knocks orchestra; (d) singer [André Contin]: "Rose of the World"; (e) pianist [Arthur Roberts] with his own "Concerto Moderne". Last week's winner, soprano [Françoise Houle], sings "Je T'Aime" by Evard Grieg. <30mn>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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