The Marriage of Figaro is a 1960 Australian TV film broadcast by ABC TV. It was a filmed version of Mozart's 1786 opera, sung in English."Interview with Jim Wilkinson", by Bob Sitsky, February 2008
Cast Valda Bagnall as Susanna Geoffrey Chard as Figaro Heather McMillan as Countess Russell Smith as Count Marie Tysoe as Cherubino Margaret Winkler as Marcelina Noel Melvin as Dr Bartolo Ereach Riley as Basilio John Probyn as Antonio Georg Tintner conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Production Marie Tyso had appeared in several other operas for the ABC. She was used to doing them live but this one involved pre-recorded music. "It was a much better way to do it", she said. "Of course, we now had to mime during the performance. We did the dialogue live. Alan Burke was the producer – he was wonderful to work with.""Interview with Marie Tysoe" by Bob Sitsky, 29 September 2006
It was the sixth opera broadcast live from the ABC in Sydney and the first two-hour one done live in Australia. Settings for the four acts were devised in one unit to enable aimed at keeping the action moving continuously.
Reception The critic for The Sydney Morning Herald praised the singing and set, saying it was "a distinguished live telecast ... producer Alan Burke boldly moved his cast about through ... [the] elaborate and fanciful set with great zest and speed."
See also List of live television plays broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1956–1969)
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