Directed by Alan Burke Release date 12 June 1959 Language English Running time 1h 15m | Distributed by ABC Country Australia Director Alan Burke | |
Based on the opera Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni | ||
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Cavalleria Rusticana is a 1959 Australian TV play, an adaptation of the opera by Pietro Mascagni. It was directed by Alan Burke.
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- Cavalleria rusticana film 1981 zeffirelli
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- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Reception
- References
Music was provided by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Tintner.
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Plot
In a Sicilian village, the peasant girl Santuzza falls for the tanner Turiddu. However he tires of her and returns to his old love, Lola. To get revenge, Santuzza tells Lola's husband Alfio about the love affair, resulting in a duel with knives between Alfio and Turiddu.
Cast
Production
It was the fourth live opera from the ABC following, "The Telephone," "Pagliacci", and "Prima Donna." Alan Burke had directed Prima Donna.
Singer Marie Tysoe later recalled "That was also performed live. We had monitors strategically placed in the sets so that the singers could always see the conductor."
Reception
The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald called it "no more than a partial success". He praised its "well planned and well designed sets" but thought it lacked movement and felt the singing "was often heavy and uncertain" and acting "either stagey or inhibited, and sometimes both.. It seems that the initial requirements for local televised opera is singers who can adapt their style to the searching eye of the camera.