Australian in title role in Peter Grimes on ABC-3
Australian tenor Ronald Dowd will star as Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes on ABC-3 1 Wednesday. The broadcast highlights a prominent Australian tenor portraying the iconic role on television.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1965
Page
5
Australian tenor Ronald Dowd will star as Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes on ABC-3 1 Wednesday. The broadcast highlights a prominent Australian tenor portraying the iconic role on television.
The Mavis Bramston Show’s current run ends tomorrow with a new CTC-7 series starting in three weeks. Tuesday night airings will replay 1962 movies High Noon Johnny Belinda and Kings Row. For three Saturdays ICT will feature an international music focus with European talent.
The Canberra Times notes a Melbourne production of Peter Grimes by Christopher Mino with a 60 member cast. The Victorian Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Eric Clapham. Set in a small English fishing town, the opera centers on Peter Grimes, a misunderstood fisherman.
Raymond Burt son of Perry Mason appears on TCT and often at his Beverly Hills gallery open late Thursdays. He manages inventories and scouting for shows after filming. Burt now owns Beverly Hills Gallery and partners in venues in Tucson Arizona and Taos New Mexico. The Beverly Hills space spans 4000 square feet with monthly special showings by Serge Mendjisky Arthur King Gerry Pierce Marguerie Six and an Australian show.
On Wednesday ABC-3 airs a 100 minute Melbourne produced Peter Grimes by Christopher Muir. The broadcast features a 30 singer cast with notes of Britten’s opera in a landmark TV rendition.
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