La Boheme (1961 film) La Boheme (1961 film) La Boheme is a 1961 Australian TV play, a film of Giacomo Puccini's opera "La bohème". It was directed by Alan Burke. Alistair Duncan did not sing. His singing voice was provided by Raymond McDonald. The "Sydney Morning Herald" thought "the unashamed but essentially domestic and intimate sentiment" of the opera "proved exceptionally congenial to television" and thought it had "a technical excellence in presentation that might serve as a model for future televised operas. The performers were reasonably efficient in mouthing to their own prerecorded singing.. There was little outstanding singing, but plenty of competent
France–Japan relations (19th century) interest in the arts and culture. The French writer Pierre Loti wrote one of his most famous novels "Madame Chrysanthème" (1887) based on his encounter with a young Japanese woman during a month,a precursor to "Madame Butterfly" and "Miss Saigon" and a work that is a combination of narrative and travelog. Another famous Frenchman who visited Japan was Émile Étienne Guimet, who wrote extensively on Asian cultures and Japan in particular, and would create the Guimet Museum upon his return. France–Japan relations (19th century) The development of France-Japan relations in the 19th century coincided with Japan's opening to the Western