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
Opera in Cuba and "Kabelia" (1942). José Mauri Esteve composed numerous zarzuelas for the Alhambra Theater and one opera in three acts called "La Esclava", premiered on June 6, 1921 at the Teatro Nacional; and Bernardo Moncada, born in Trinidad, in 1888, composed the lyrical drama "Pasión Criolla", as well as the operas "Teresa" or "El grito de Yara" and "Amara" or "Los adoradores del sol". Also during the first half of the 20th century, the renowned composer Amadeo Roldán (1900-1939) wrote a so-called "gaelic opera" [sic.] in three acts, titled "Deirdre", from which he could only complete two acts before his premature