La Boheme (1961 film)
La Boheme is a 1961 Australian TV play, a film of Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème. It was directed by Alan Burke. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[1]
| La Boheme | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alan Burke |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 22 June 1961 |
Running time | 106 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Valda Bagnall as Mimi
- Rae Cocking
- Alistair Duncan
- John Faasen
- Alan Light
- Russell Smith
- Neil Warren-Smith
- John Young
Production
Alistair Duncan did not sing. His singing voice was provided by Raymond McDonald. Duncan also did this in Land of Smiles (1962).
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald thought "the unashamed but essentially domestic and intimate sentiment" of the opera "proved exceptionally congenial to television" and thought it had "a technical excellence in presentation that might serve as a model for future televised operas. The performers were reasonably efficient in mouthing to their own prerecorded singing.. There was little outstanding singing, but plenty of competent workmanship."[2]
References
- Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- "La Boheme on television". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 1961. p. 7.
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