Operas Broadcast by ABC

 1) The Telephone (20 Dec 1956) - w Menotti d George Tevare - 1st opera by ABC

2) Amahl and the Night Visitors (25 Dec 1957) - d Christopher Muir - 2nd opera by ABC

3) Pagliaci  (28 May 1958) -d Peter Page - poster here 

*Fidelio (3 Oct 1958)  w Beethoven d Christopher Muir - listing here - broadcast of Trust opera not official

4) Prima Donna (28 Jan 1959)  w Arthur Benjamin d Alan Burke - his first opera

5) Cavalleria rusticana (12 June 1959)  d Alan Burke - 4th opera from ABC in Sydney? - review here

6) Rita (3 Sept 1959)   d Alan Burke st Joe Jenkins

7) The Marriage of Figaro (17 Feb 1960)  w Menotti d Alan Burke - the sixth opera broadcast live from the ABC in Sydney and the first two-hour one done live in Australia - review here 

8) The Bartered Bride (27 July 1960) d Christopher Muir - clip is here - ad is here

9) The Medium (31 Aug 1960)  d Alan Burke

10) Even Unto Bethlehem (25 Dec 1960) - d Peter Page - review here

11) Albert Herring (1959) - w Benjamin Britten d Christopher  Muir

 12) Il Sergalio The Abduction from the Seraglio (22 Feb 1961)  w Mozart d Alan Burke - ad here - review here

13) The Secret of Susannah (17 May 1961) - d Christopher Muir

14) La Boheme (22 June 1961)  d Alan Burke st Alistair Duncan (lip synch) - ad here - review here

15) Il Tabaro (26 July 1961) - d Christopher Muir

16) Samson and Delilah (22 Nov 1961) - d Peter Page - review here

17) Don Pasquale (31 Jan 1962)  d Alan Burke - review here

18) Land of Smiles (1962) - st Alistair Duncan  d Bill Bain - the ABC's first operetta

19) The Prodigal Son (1962) d Christopher Muir 

 20) Madame Butterly (19 Sept 1962) d Peter Page st Ric Hutton - review is here

21) The Ambitious Servant Girl (7 Nov 1962) d Christopher Muir st June Bronhill  -ad is here21) later Madame Butterfly

22) The Devil Take Her  by Arthur Benjamin - (12 Dec 1962) - artice here - first opera directed Robert Allnut - Australian opera in a way (by an Australian)

23) The Consul (12 Dec 1962) - d Christopher Muir - ad here

24) Bastienne and Bastine (3 April 1963) w Mozart d Christopher Muir - ad is here - repeat 18 Jan 1966

25) The Pearl Fishe(3 April 1963) w George Bizet d William Sterling - st. Rosalind Keene, Edward Brayshaw - 25th opera produced by ABC on TV, Sterling's 46th prod for ABC - sold a lot overseas rs (29 May 1963) - - 25th opera from ABC

26) Hansel and Gretel (13 Oct 1963) - d Peter Page st Jackie Weaver  - poster here

27) Fishers Ghost (22 Sept 1963) - Australian! The only one - d Robert Allnut

28) Simon Boccanegra (13 Oct 1963) d Christpher Muir - ad here

29) Martha (22 March 1964) - d Christopher Muir  st Norman Kaye - ad is here

30) Manon (29 April 1964 Syd and 10 June 1964) - d Peter Page 

31) Tosca (10 June 1964) - d Robert Allnut st Diana Perryman

32) Peter Grimes (1964)  - d Christopher Muir - review is here

33) I Pagliacci (3 Feb 1965) - d Peter Page

34) Cinderella (May 1965) - d Robert Allnut

35) School for Fathers (30 June 1965) - d Oscar Whitbread

36)Louise (16 June 1965) - d Peter Page - poster here - review here

37) A Christmas Play (22 Dec 1965) - d Brian Faull

38) Gypsy Baron (2 March 1966) - w Johann Strauss

39) Amelia Goes to the Ball (25 May 1966) - w Menotti d Peter Page - ad here

40) Maestro A Capella 

41) L'Heure Espagnole (May 1966?) d Chris Muir?

42) Die Fledermas (28 Apri 1967) - preview here

43) Madam Butterfly (19 April 1967) - d Peter Page - new production - review here

44) Carmen (24 Jan 1968) - d Peter Page st Ron Graham - see article here

45) The Dialogue of the Carmelites (NB Did this become Tosca?) Tosca (7 Feb 1968) - with Diana Perryman see here

46) Duke Bluebeard's castle by Barttok (27 Feb 1970) - article here,

47)The Human Voice by Poulenec (6 Mar 1970) - article here

48) Fall of the House of Usher by Aussie Larry Sitsky (13 March 1970) - article here - d Brian Bell - an Austrlaian piece

49) The Marriage Contract by Rossini (20 March 1970)

50) May 1970 aired 50th Schwamba the Bagpiper - a list of the 50 is here. 

1. The Telephone
2. Amahl and Night Visitors
3. I Paliacci (1)
4. I Pagliacci (2)
5. Prima Donna
6. Cavalleria Rusticana
7. Rita
8. Marriage of Figaro
9. Medium
10. Bartered Bride
11. Even Unto Bethlehem
12. Albert Herring
13. Il Seraglio
14. La Boheme
15. Samson and Delilah
16. Il Tabarro
17. Secret of Susannah
18. Don Pasquale
19. Land of Smiles
20. L’Enfant Prodigue
21. Madame Butterfly I
22. Madame Butterfly II
23. La Sera Padrona
24. The Devil Take Her
25. The Consul
26. The Pearlfishers
27. Bastien and Bastienne
28. Hansel and Gretel
29. Fishers Ghost
30. Simone Boccanegra
31. Martha
32. Manon
33. Tosca
34. Peter Grimes
35. Cinderelle
36. School for Fathers
37. Louise
38. A Christmas Play
39. The Gypsy Baron
40. Amelia goes to the Ball
41. Maestro A Capella
42. L’Heure Espagnole
43. Die Fledermaus
44. Carmen
45. Dialogues of the Carmelites
46. La Voix Huimaine
47. Marriage Contract
48. Duke Bluebeards’s Castle
49. Fall of the House of Usher
50. Schwanda the Bagpiper

Age 21 May 1970