Bastien and Bastienne (film)

Bastien and Bastienne is a 1963 Australian television performance of the opera Bastien and Bastienne by Mozart. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[1]

It was directed by Christopher Muir, who said: "We will not be presenting the opera as it was originally performed. We will be doing it in a style that will lend itself to TV, but we have, of course, treated the work with great respect to the young Mozart's original intention."[2]

Cast

  • George Hegan as Bastien
  • Eunice McCowan as Bastienne
  • Janet Phillips
  • Patricia Gough
  • Roland Heimans

References

  1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  2. ^ "TV AND RADIO HIGHLIGHTS". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 566. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 June 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 14 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.