Talk:Christopher Lawrence (broadcaster)

International Emmy for the Performing Arts
A lot of bios about Christopher Lawrence say that he was awarded an "International Emmy for the Performing Arts". I expect this was self-authored, as it also appears in bios of books he has authored. We are currently using this source. This ABC press release says it was "New York, 1989", and it does look like the 17 Annual International Emmy Awards was held in New York on 20 November 1989. However our page International Emmy does not have "Performing Arts" as one of its categories, and I cant see any relevant entry at List of International Emmy Award winners, which has entries going back to 1967 and matches the official list of past winners quite closely.(However, International Emmy says it was established in the early 1970s)

I did some digging and recorded at Talk:List_of_International_Emmy_Award_winners that there are many uses of this term despite it not being in the authoritative list. John Vandenberg (chat) 09:49, 15 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I asked Christopher Lawrence directly on twitter about this - he responded with details of the award itself (which I've now added to the article) and have asked for a followup with advice for finding a good source, since the official list for that award category only goes back to 2002. Wittylama 11:44, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. But Christopher doesn't mention La bohème; where did that come from? Still, I did find a mention of a televised production of that opera in that year by the Victoria State Opera (VSO) with Kiri te Kanawa here, but nothing further. Mists of time ... -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:37, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I found La Boheme by putting '1989 international Emmy arts programming Australian opera" in to google which came up with these two online CVs  which correlate with the story of that production being filmed for ABC TV and winning the award. Neither is a Reliable Source for footnoting purposes but it's fair to assume that this is the same opera that Mr Lawrence is referring to. Wittylama 22:14, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Good digging! I'm quite happy to let the matter rest at this point and have the footnote removed from the article. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 06:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * PS: : While Christopher Lawrence's Twitter response to you pointed to this page for a 1988 production of La bohème, I only now noticed (I have the DVD) that he is also credited for Sound Production of Opera Australia's legendary 1993/94 recording of the same opera. He is a busy boy. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:54, 10 December 2014 (UTC)