| Description | This file contains various treatments for the film, in both English and Italian, as well as details of the composer and director, Sylvano Bussotti; the producer, James MacKay; the mezzo-soprano, Katherine Ciesinski, and others involved in the production including Diego Masson and Sankai Juku. The file also contains two booklets with details of stage directions and music for the opera which are titled 'La Passion Selon Sade'.
There are also various correspondence with Channel Four about funding the project and communications with Sylvano Bussotti concerning funding and preparations for the creation of a script and a shooting plan. Correspondence between Basilisk and Professor Beppe Attene is also included, relating to financial sources in Italy.
The file also includes a newspaper cutting with an article about the development of opera in Rome [no date or newspaper name] and a magazine cutting with details of a competition to win tickets to Puccini's 'Tosca' at Earl's Court. A pamphlet produced by Bussotti Opera Ballet and titled 'Genazzano Scuola Spettacolo' is also included.
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