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Oscar
winning composer Rachel Portman adapted the classic French
children's novel The Little Prince for performance as an opera.
Francesca
Zambello will direct The Little Prince. BBC Wales Music will
film it for BBC TWO.
BBC
TALENT FACTS
Launched
in 2000, it has so far offered 46 schemes and 585 contracts,
showcases and on-screen opportunities. This year's schemes
include:
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Radio 3 search for two radio presenters
1Xtra
search for six DJs passionate about urban music
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THREE search for a sitcom writer
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The chosen
children are invited to join BBC Talent's residential Summer School
at Sadlers Wells in London. There they will learn their roles and
receive expert tuition in singing, dance and theatrical techniques.
Over
25,000 children applied online to take part in the BBC scheme. BBC
Talent held audition workshops across the UK in May and June 2004
seeing over 6500 hopefuls. They were looking for great singers aged
7-16 who had never sung on television before for the lead roles
of Rose and the Prince and a chorus of 36 places.
The
lead role of the Rose will be taken by Mairead Carlin, aged 15 from
Londonderry, with 11 year old Joseph McManners from Kent performing
the role of the Prince.
The
chorus includes Liam Lewis, aged 12 from Coventry
and Kavita Parmar, aged 15 from Birmingham. The cast
of children will perform the opera of The Little Prince alongside
Lesley Garrett.
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Peter will broadcast a special programme featuring the young singers
training and following them as they deal with their first professional
filming experience.
Angela
Wallis, BBC Talent Executive Producer in charge of casting said:
"Each of the children selected is an exceptionally gifted performer
with that sparkwhich really makes them stand out. We have an amazing
mix of children many of whom have never sung opera before."
"They
will be in the perfect environment to explore and develop their
individual talents and this entire project could give rise to a
new generation of classical performers."
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