Amahl and the Night Visitors (film)
| Amahl and the Night Visitors | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti |
| Produced by | Christopher Muir |
Production company | ABC |
Release date | 25 December 1957[1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Amahl and the Night Visitors is a 1957 Australian TV play. It was a filmed version of the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti. The ABC had previously televised Menotti's The Telephone and this was the second opera they broadcast.[2][3][4]
It was broadcast live in Melbourne, recorded, then shown in Sydney. It was presented by members of the Elizabethan Theatre Trust's Australian Opera Company and the Victorian Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Post.[5]
See also[]
- List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "TELEVISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. 25 (29). 25 December 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/assets/contributions/abc-tv-operas.htm
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Adelaide Boy Will be Amahl". The Age. 12 December 1957. p. 12.
- ^ "TELEVISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. 25 ([?]). 27 November 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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- English-language films
- 1950s Australian television plays
- Australian television plays based on operas
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
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- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- 1957 television plays
- Australian films
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