Sparkie Williams
Sparkie Williams (1954–1962) was a talking budgie who provided the inspiration for an opera by Michael Nyman and Carsten Nicolai. The opera was performed in Berlin in March 2009. Sparkie had a repertoire of more than 500 words and eight nursery rhymes, becoming a national celebrity after fronting an advertising campaign for Capern's bird seed, and making a record which sold 20,000 copies. After he died, he was stuffed and put on show at Newcastle's Hancock Museum.
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Sparkie Williams
Sparkie Williams (1954–1962) was a talking budgie who provided the inspiration for an opera by Michael Nyman and Carsten Nicolai. The opera was performed in Berlin in March 2009. Sparkie had a repertoire of more than 500 words and eight nursery rhymes, becoming a national celebrity after fronting an advertising campaign for Capern's bird seed, and making a record which sold 20,000 copies. After he died, he was stuffed and put on show at Newcastle's Hancock Museum.
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Спарки Уильямс (1954 — 1962) — ...... ся в музее Хэнкока в Ньюкасле.
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Sparkie at the Natural History Society of Northumbria
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Sparkie Williams (1954–1962) v ...... ilken sålde i 20.000 exemplar.
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Sparkie Williams (1954–1962) w ...... at Newcastle's Hancock Museum.
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Спарки Уильямс (1954 — 1962) — ...... ся в музее Хэнкока в Ньюкасле.
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سپاركي ويليامز (1954–1962) هو ...... في متحف هانكوك بمدينة نيوكاسل.
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Sparkie Williams
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Спарки (попугай)
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سباركي ويليامز
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