Brian large biography

Brian James Large (born 16 February in London, England) is a television director and author. He is among the world's foremost TV directors specializing in opera and classical music.

Biography

Studies

Large studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy in ^[1] After graduating from the University of London with doctorates in both music and philosophy, he did postgraduate work in Vienna and Prague.

His interest in Czech and Slavic opera resulted in the publication of two pioneering volumes on the music of Bedřich Smetana and Bohuslav Martinů.

BBC –

He joined BBC2 television as a director with responsibility for music and opera at its inception in He was appointed chief opera producer in During this period he televised:

In the BBC commissioned an opera for television from Benjamin Britten.

In August Owen Wingrave, op (libretto: Britten/Piper, based on a short story by Henry James) was com