Adrian Mourby
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Adrian Mourby is an international opera correspondent, writer and opera producer. A graduate of the University of Wales, Lampeter
and Bristol University Film School, he was a producer at the BBC
for twelve years, where, amongst other series, he produced a television adaptation of Sir Kingsley Amis
' The Old Devils
. For these productions, he won numerous national and international awards [Smith/Kline 1982/ Sony 1985/BAFTA Cymru 1991 /Golden Gate 1993/ / BAFTA Cymru 1993 / Celtic Film Festival 1994/ New York Festivals 1994 / Sony 1995], before turning to full-time writing and broadcasting.
He has published numerous novels, including We Think the World of Him (1996) The Four of Us (1997) and Wishdaughter (2004). He wrote the 1994 BBC Radio 4
series Whatever Happened to ...? about the further adventures of various fictional characters, for which he won the Sony Silver Award for Creative Writing on Radio. In 1997, his book "Whatever Happened to ...?: The Ultimate Sequels Book" was published with more such tales.
He is a prolific programme essayist working in the UK and Europe. His own opera productions include Semele (Malta 2002) Cosi fan tutte (Oxford 2004) Marriage of Figaro (Blewbury Festival 2006). He is also the creator and writer of Tristan and Matilda, a long-running comic strip in Opera Now magazine. In 2007 Adrian was awarded the Special Award for Opera Journalism by the Fondazione Festival Pucciniamo, Italy and in 2010 he was one of the finalists for UK Travel Journalist of the Year. Adrian has also written AA guides to Venice, Brussels and Bruges.
University of Wales, Lampeter
University of Wales, Lampeter is a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822 by royal charter, it is the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales and may be the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge...
and Bristol University Film School, he was a producer at the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
for twelve years, where, amongst other series, he produced a television adaptation of Sir Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis
Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, various short stories, radio and television scripts, along with works of social and literary criticism...
' The Old Devils
The Old Devils
The Old Devils is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1986. The novel won the Booker Prize. It was adapted for television by Andrew Davies for the BBC in 1992, starring John Stride, Bernard Hepton, James Grout and Ray Smith...
. For these productions, he won numerous national and international awards [Smith/Kline 1982/ Sony 1985/BAFTA Cymru 1991 /Golden Gate 1993/ / BAFTA Cymru 1993 / Celtic Film Festival 1994/ New York Festivals 1994 / Sony 1995], before turning to full-time writing and broadcasting.
He has published numerous novels, including We Think the World of Him (1996) The Four of Us (1997) and Wishdaughter (2004). He wrote the 1994 BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
series Whatever Happened to ...? about the further adventures of various fictional characters, for which he won the Sony Silver Award for Creative Writing on Radio. In 1997, his book "Whatever Happened to ...?: The Ultimate Sequels Book" was published with more such tales.
He is a prolific programme essayist working in the UK and Europe. His own opera productions include Semele (Malta 2002) Cosi fan tutte (Oxford 2004) Marriage of Figaro (Blewbury Festival 2006). He is also the creator and writer of Tristan and Matilda, a long-running comic strip in Opera Now magazine. In 2007 Adrian was awarded the Special Award for Opera Journalism by the Fondazione Festival Pucciniamo, Italy and in 2010 he was one of the finalists for UK Travel Journalist of the Year. Adrian has also written AA guides to Venice, Brussels and Bruges.