The Marriage of Figaro (1960 film)

1960 Australian TV series or program

The Marriage of Figaro
Based on	opera The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
Directed by	Alan Burke
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	120 mins
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	17 February 1960 (1960-02-17) (Sydney)
Release	6 May 1960 (1960-05-06) (Melbourne)

The Marriage of Figaro is a 1960 Australian TV film. It was a filmed version of Mozart's 1786 opera, sung in English.

Cast

Valda Bagnall as Susanna
Geoffrey Chard as Figaro
Heather McMillan
Russell Smith
Marie Tysoe as Cherubino

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."

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 ... elaborate and fanciful set with great zest and speed."

References

"TV Strikes Blow for Opera". The Age. 12 May 1960. p. 27.
Interview with Jim Wilkinson, by Bob Sitsky, February 2008
Interview with Marie Tysoe by Bob Sitsky, 29 September 2006
Marshall, Val (14 February 1960). "TV Merry Go Round". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 94.
"Opera on TV Sparkled". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 February 1960. p. 7.

External links

The Marriage of Figaro at IMDb
"Crudel! perchè finora" in English on YouTube, from The Bobby Limb Show

v t e TV productions of Alan Burke
Dramas	A Fourth for Bridge (1957) A Rose Without a Thorn (1958) His Excellency (1958) The Skin of Our Teeth (1959) Misery Me (1959) Wuthering Heights (1959) The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (1960) Farewell, Farewell, Eugene (1960) Venus Observed (1960) The Emperor Jones (1960) A Little South of Heaven (1961) The Merchant of Venice (1961) A Night Out (1961) The Taming of the Shrew (1962) My Three Angels (1962) The Young Victoria (1963) A Dead Secret (1963) The Tempest (1963) The Harp in the South (1964) Rusty Bugles (1965) Macbeth (1965) Dark Corridor (1965) The Prowler (1966) Antarctic Four (1966) The Survivor (1972) Redheap (1972) The Cousin from Fiji (1972) A Curate in Bohemia (1972) Dust or Polish? (1972) Halfway to Nowhere (1972) Essington (1974) Hamlet (1974) Ride on Stranger (1979) Coralie Lansdowne Says No (1980) A Toast to Melba (1980) Big Toys (1980) Departmental (1980) The Department (1980) Rusty Bugles (1981) A Hard God (1981) Going Home (1981) Jonah (1982) The Dean Case (1983) The Amorous Dentist (1983) A Halo for Athuan (1984) Kindred Spirits (1984) The Schippan Mystery (1984) Who Killed Hannah Jane? (1984) Rooted (1985) After Marcuse (1988) The Alien Years (1988)
Operas	Prima Donna (1959) Rita (1959) Cavalleria rusticana (1959) The Marriage of Figaro (1960) The Medium (1960) The Abduction from the Seraglio (1961) La Boheme (1961) Don Pasquale (1962)
Ballet	The Tell-Tale Heart (1961)
Musicals	Pardon Miss Westcott (1959) (writer only) Lola Montez (1962) The Sentimental Bloke (1976)

Pierre Beaumarchais's Figaro Trilogy

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Music	"Largo al factotum" The Barber of Seville discography
Film	The Barber of Seville (1904) The Barber of Seville (1938) The Barber of Seville (1947) Le Barbier de Séville (1948) Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954)
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Related	"The Barber" (1993)

The Marriage of Figaro

Stage	The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart, 1786 opera) The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro (2004 musical)
Music	"Se vuol ballare" "Non più andrai" "Sull'aria ... che soave zeffiretto" The Marriage of Figaro discography
Film	The Marriage of Figaro (1920) Figaro (1929) The Marriage of Figaro (1949) The Marriage of Figaro (1960)
Related	Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni (Liszt)

The Guilty Mother

Opera	La mère coupable (Milhaud, 1966) The Ghosts of Versailles (Corigliano, 1991)

Opera	I due Figaro (Carafa, 1820) I due Figaro (Mercadante, 1835) Figaro läßt sich scheiden (Klebe, 1963) The Abduction of Figaro (Schickele, 1984) Figaro Gets a Divorce (Langer, 2016)

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