ABC opera lands Rose D’Or nomination

Just one entry from Australia has made it onto the nominee list in the prestigious Rose D’Or Awards for international television: the ABC’s The Eternity Man.

The lavish operatic film based on the life of Arthur Stace, who famously chalked the word “Eternity” across the streets of Sydney, aired in January. It will compete for the Performing Arts television award alongside Jools Holland from the UK, Nick Cave specials also from the UK, and a La Traviata production.

The Rose D’Or Awards, which have been awarded in Switerland since 1961, are highly regarded in the television industry. Last year The Chaser’s War on Everything and The Librarians, also from the ABC, were nominated -but neither won.

Britain again dominates the awards with nominations including:

COMEDY
1 Harry & Paul Tiger Aspect Productions
2 Peter Kay’s Britain’s Got The Pop Factor
3 Rick Mercer Report Island Edge
4 Star Stories – Bono
5 That Mitchell & Webb Look
6 The Kevin Bishop Show
7 The Saddest Sketch Show in the World
8 The Wrong Door
9 Touch Me I’m Karen Taylor

DRAMA
1 Being Erica
2 Flesh and Bones
3 Guns Hungry
4 Maria Rubicon
5 Mutual Friends
6 Spanga
7 The Bill & Soko Leipzig
8 The Ran Quartet
9 Windfall & Misfortunes

PERFORMING ARTS
1 BBC Four Sessions: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2 Bravo!FACT Presents: Art in Action Bravo!
3 Later… Live With Jools Holland
4 La Traviata at Zurich Main Station
5 Seven Gates of Jerusalem
6 The Eternity Man

The Rose D’Or Festival is held in Lucerne from May 2-5 2009.

Full nominees