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John Michael Harold Copley CBE (born 12 June 1933),[1] is a British theatre and opera producer and director.
He was born in Birmingham to Ernest Copley and Lilian Forbes, and attended King Edward VI Five Ways grammar school. After a brief career as an actor, he became stage manager at Sadler's Wells in 1953 and resident producer for The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, in 1972. He has produced most of the standard operatic repertoire for many opera houses and festivals in Europe, the United States, and Canada. He is also an accomplished pianist and singer. He has had a long association with Opera Australia, including the Australian premiere of Leoš Janáček's Jenůfa in 1974.[2][3]
For over 50 years Copley was the partner of
John Hugh Chadwyck-Healey,
grandson of Charles Chadwyck-Healey, 1st Baronet. In 2006, they contracted a
civil partnership, which Copley described when he was a guest on the BBC Radio
4 Desert Island Discs programme on 3 January 2010.[4] Copley was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 New Year
Honours for services to opera.[5]
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