Self
The documentary relates the decisive moments, the turning points and the rollercoaster ride of a brilliant, eventful international career and the extraordinary life of a great Italian artist. From his origins as an illegitimate child with no name to the attainment of great international fame as a film director, art director, painter and stager of theatrical and operatic productions. Through original and archive interviews with some of the most acclaimed stars who have known, admired and loved him and with his closest relatives, friends and collaborators, this gripping account paints a picture of the person and the artist—and not just “the master”—Franco Zeffirelli in all his many and even conflicting facets.
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Superstar Anna Netrebko makes her long-awaited Met role debut as Puccini’s icy princess—seen live in cinemas on May 7. Tenor Yonghoon Lee is the bold prince determined to win Turandot’s love, alongside soprano Ermonela Jaho as the devoted servant Liù legendary bass Ferruccio Furlanetto as the blind king Timur. Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s stirring score. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Director
It's an event that draws many thousands of music lovers to one of the most beautiful cities in the world every summer: the opera season at the ancient Arena di Verona. The 2,000-year-old roman amphiteatre with its gigantic stage dimensions is one of the largest and best preserved Roman construction of its kind, and with over 22,000 seats it is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular open-air venues of the world! The revered master of opera Franco Zeffirelli, who died shortly before the premiere of Il Trovatore, created a legendary scenery with groups of giant sized armoured knights, a fortress turning into a luminous cathedral, an enormous choir, horses, breathtaking fights: “his perhaps best arena production” (Opernglas). It brings Anna Netrebko to the Arena of Verona where she is giving her much-anticipated debut in one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most popular operas.
Lighting Supervisor
At the beginning of 1964, the music world experiences something completely unexpected. Maria Callas returns to the opera stage as the prima donna. Her "Tosca" at the Royal Opera House becomes a sensation. Maria Callas wants to show everyone once again that she deserves the title of "prima donna assoluta." On the condition that star director Franco Zeffirelli take over the direction, the exceptional singer agrees to sing the role of Tosca. The BBC recorded the 2nd act of the opera for television. It is one of the most dramatic acts in opera history: in order to free the painter Cavaradossi from the hands of torturers, Tosca ends up murdering the police chief Scarpia. The film footage is one of the rare opportunities to see Maria Callas in an opera performance and to experience her highly emotional performance art and vocal abilities.
Director
At the beginning of 1964, the music world experiences something completely unexpected. Maria Callas returns to the opera stage as the prima donna. Her "Tosca" at the Royal Opera House becomes a sensation. Maria Callas wants to show everyone once again that she deserves the title of "prima donna assoluta." On the condition that star director Franco Zeffirelli take over the direction, the exceptional singer agrees to sing the role of Tosca. The BBC recorded the 2nd act of the opera for television. It is one of the most dramatic acts in opera history: in order to free the painter Cavaradossi from the hands of torturers, Tosca ends up murdering the police chief Scarpia. The film footage is one of the rare opportunities to see Maria Callas in an opera performance and to experience her highly emotional performance art and vocal abilities.
Production Design
Christine Goerke has wowed audiences as Turandot, the icy princess at the heart of Puccini’s grand final masterpiece. In this performance from the 2019–20 Live in HD season, Goerke stars alongside tenor Yusif Eyvazov (as Calàf) and soprano Eleonora Buratto (as Liù) in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic staging, which dazzles with its opulent visions of mythic China. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium, drawing a vivid array of musical colors from the incomparable Met Orchestra and Chorus.
Set Designer
Christine Goerke has wowed audiences as Turandot, the icy princess at the heart of Puccini’s grand final masterpiece. In this performance from the 2019–20 Live in HD season, Goerke stars alongside tenor Yusif Eyvazov (as Calàf) and soprano Eleonora Buratto (as Liù) in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic staging, which dazzles with its opulent visions of mythic China. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium, drawing a vivid array of musical colors from the incomparable Met Orchestra and Chorus.
Director
Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2019 starts with La Traviata in the new stage design signed by Franco Zeffirelli, the last great Master of Italian direction. The new production takes the form of the ultimate synthesis of his aesthetic thoughts on Traviata.
Set Designer
Puccini’s timeless love story, which includes some of its composer’s most beloved music, has moved generations of opera lovers since its 1896 world premiere. It has also proved incredibly popular with the Met’s global HD audiences and has been featured in three live high-definition transmissions since 2008. The most recent, presented during the 2017–18 season, includes a cast of celebrated young artists. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva is the fragile seamstress Mimì, who instantly falls in love with the passionate poet Rodolfo, sung by tenor Michael Fabiano. Soprano Susanna Phillips and baritone Lucas Meachem trade both spars and kisses as the on-again-off-again lovers Musetta and Marcello, with bass Matthew Rose and baritone Alexey Lavrov rounding out the rambunctious gang of bohemian friends. Maestro Marco Armiliato takes the podium to lead Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging.
Production Design
Puccini’s timeless love story, which includes some of its composer’s most beloved music, has moved generations of opera lovers since its 1896 world premiere. It has also proved incredibly popular with the Met’s global HD audiences and has been featured in three live high-definition transmissions since 2008. The most recent, presented during the 2017–18 season, includes a cast of celebrated young artists. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva is the fragile seamstress Mimì, who instantly falls in love with the passionate poet Rodolfo, sung by tenor Michael Fabiano. Soprano Susanna Phillips and baritone Lucas Meachem trade both spars and kisses as the on-again-off-again lovers Musetta and Marcello, with bass Matthew Rose and baritone Alexey Lavrov rounding out the rambunctious gang of bohemian friends. Maestro Marco Armiliato takes the podium to lead Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging.
Director
Puccini’s timeless love story, which includes some of its composer’s most beloved music, has moved generations of opera lovers since its 1896 world premiere. It has also proved incredibly popular with the Met’s global HD audiences and has been featured in three live high-definition transmissions since 2008. The most recent, presented during the 2017–18 season, includes a cast of celebrated young artists. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva is the fragile seamstress Mimì, who instantly falls in love with the passionate poet Rodolfo, sung by tenor Michael Fabiano. Soprano Susanna Phillips and baritone Lucas Meachem trade both spars and kisses as the on-again-off-again lovers Musetta and Marcello, with bass Matthew Rose and baritone Alexey Lavrov rounding out the rambunctious gang of bohemian friends. Maestro Marco Armiliato takes the podium to lead Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging.
Self
In this documentary, award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke explores the creation of the Metropolitan Opera’s storied home of the last five decades. Drawing on rarely seen archival footage, stills, and recent interviews, The Opera House looks at an important period of the Met’s history and delves into some of the untold stories of the artists, architects, and politicians who shaped the cultural life of New York City in the ’50s and ’60s. Among the notable figures in the film are famed soprano Leontyne Price, who opened the new Met in 1966 in Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra; Rudolf Bing, the Met’s imperious General Manager who engineered the move from the old house to the new one; Robert Moses, the unstoppable city planner who bulldozed an entire neighborhood to make room for Lincoln Center; and Wallace Harrison, whose quest for architectural glory was never fully realized.
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A film adaptation of Dante's Inferno that was never realized. Depicts the entry of the Great Poet in the dark forest, the meeting with Virgilio, access to the Inferno and the journey through the circles to the exit with the return to the surface world.
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A film adaptation of Dante's Inferno that was never realized. Depicts the entry of the Great Poet in the dark forest, the meeting with Virgilio, access to the Inferno and the journey through the circles to the exit with the return to the surface world.
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“Cuando uno quiere hacer cine tiene que estar dispuesto a matar a su tía y llevarse su dinero”, dice Menahem Golan en este espléndido documental sobre los dos primos israelíes que pusieron patas arriba la industria de Hollywood con más de 300 títulos producidos. The Go-Go Boys relata el auge y caída de Cannon Films, sus éxitos más memorables y la ruptura, profesional y personal, de sus dos fundadores.
Self - Director
¿Qué tendrá la Cannon para inspirar no uno, sino dos documentales? La respuesta es fácil: cinefilia sin complejos, descaro y dos cerebros, Menahem Golam y Yoram Globus, más grandes que la vida. Si The Go-Go Boys se centra en la tormentosa relación entre los dos primos, Electric Boogaloo analiza las demenciales estrategias publicitarias con que la productora sacudió los cimientos de Hollywood.
Director
High Definition recording June 2014, Arena di Verona. This opulent production was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and sung by an international cast of excellent singers: Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk, soprano Irina Lungu, tenor Carlo Ventre and Carlos Alvarez. The famous opera is staged as a colourful feast for the eyes, true to its source and convincingly acted by soloists, chorus and ballet alike. Conducted by Henrik Nánási it is a gloriously sung musical experience.
Production Design
A new generation of rising stars shines in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production of Puccini’s most popular opera. Vittorio Grigolo is the poor poet Rodolfo who falls head over heels for his neighbor, the seamstress Mimì, sung by the radiant Kristine Opolais. Susanna Phillips is the flirtatious Musetta, Massimo Cavaletti is her sweetheart Marcello, and Patrick Carfizzi as Schaunard and Oren Gradus as Colline complete the ensemble. Stefano Ranzani conducts.
Self
A journey in the footsteps of the most famous initiate of Italian Trecento, the author of the celebrated "Divine Comedy". A poet who has inspired some of the most outstanding minds in History.
Self
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great tragedy to life. Christopher Plummer, David Tennant, John Nettles, John Simm, Sir Trevor Nunn, Franco Zeffirelli, Philip Saville, and others explore the enduring appeal of the Prince of Denmark more than 400 years after his stage debut.
Stage Director
The Arena di Verona Festival honors Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli, and his legendary production of Turandot. Interpreted within the sumptuous surroundings of Verona Arena, this Puccini's masterpiece tells the story of a princess whose beauty was only comparable to her cruelty. She will only marry a prince capable of solving her riddles, but if he fails, he will be beheaded... For this edition, the lyrical festival invites the russian soprano Maria Guleghina who proved a brilliant Turandot. She took to the stage with Salvatore Licitra's trump card is his imposingly radiant tenor voice of wich he remains in sovereign control, and the soprano Tamar Iveri is a beautiful and sensitive Liù.
Director
Live performance from the Vienna State Opera, 6 May 2010.
Production Design
La magnífica puesta en escena de Franco Zeffirelli de la última ópera de Puccini (un cuento de hadas ambientado en una China mítica) es una de las más populares del repertorio del Metropolitan. En esta producción en vivo y en alta resolución María Guleghina se hace cargo del papel que le da título y Marcello Giordani es Calaf, el príncipe desconocido. Marina Poplavskaya y Samuel Ramey coprotagonizan la ópera y Andris Nelsons la dirige en su debut en el Metropolitan.
Interviewee
A documentary about film director Luchino Visconti
Director
Puccini’s evergreen paean to young love and the bohemian life has captivated generations of Met-goers through Franco Zeffirelli’s iconic production. Movie theater audiences for the high-definition transmission of this staging got to see it with fresh eyes in a touching performance starring Angela Gheorghiu and Ramón Vargas as the frail seamstress and her poetic lover.
Self (archive footage)
Este revelador documental del director Philippe Kohly examina la legendaria vida de la reconocida soprano Maria Callas, desde su problemática infancia en la ciudad de Nueva York hasta su carrera internacional llena de escándalos pero triunfante en la ópera. Con entrevistas de archivo con la propia Callas y filmaciones de contemporáneos como su amante Aristóteles Onassis, esta celebración de "La Divina" rinde homenaje a su legado perdurable unas tres décadas después de su muerte.
Director
Early recordings of Franco Zeffirelli's 2006 production of Verdi's opera which saw Roberto Alagna's high-profile exit during the second performance. Egypt and Ethiopia are at war. Radames is appointed commander of the Egyptian forces by the King, whose daughter, Amneris, loves Radames. It is in fact Amneris' Ethiopian slave Aida whom Radames loves. Ramades wins the war against the Ethiopians, capturing Aida's father Amonasro in the process. On his return to Egypt he faces a choice between marrying Amneris or betraying his country through his love for Aida.
Director
Bruno Bartoletti conducts the orchestra and chorus of the Teatro alla Scala in this production of Puccini's opera from 2003. The performers include Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Hei-Kyung Hong, Marcelo Alvarez and Roberto Servile.
Director
Japan, early twentieth century. U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton inspects the house he has leased from a marriage broker. The broker, Goro, has procured him three servants and a geisha wife, Cio-Cio-San, known as Madama Butterfly. He is enchanted with the fragile Cio-Cio-San. Cio-Cio-San is heard in the distance joyously singing of her wedding. In a quiet moment, Cio-Cio-San shows her bridegroom her few earthly treasures and tells him of her intention to embrace his Christian faith. The Imperial Commissioner performs the wedding ceremony, and the guests toast the couple. The celebration is interrupted by Cio-Cio-San's uncle, a Buddhist priest, who bursts in, cursing the girl for having renounced her ancestors' religion. Alone with Cio-Cio-San in the moonlit garden, her husband dries her tears, and she joins him in singing of their love.
Stage Director
This 2003 performance of Georges Bizet's 19th century opera Carmen was produced and directed by filmmaker and stage director Franco Zeffirelli, best known to many for the Academy Award-winning big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Shot at the Arena di Verona, the production features Marina Domashenko in the title role and music by the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona under conductor Alain Lombard.
Original Story
La cinta hace una invención de los últimos meses de la Gran Diva de la ópera,... retirada en su apartamento de Paris, hasta que un representante musical: Larry Nelly (Jeremy Irons) con el que antaño había trabajado, le propone una nueva aparición estelar. Franco Zeffirelli recrea un ambiente en el que Fanny Ardant demuestra su calidad interpretativa, rodeada de jóvenes como Jay Rodan y el modelo Gabriel Garko muy del estilo Pasolini.
Screenplay
La cinta hace una invención de los últimos meses de la Gran Diva de la ópera,... retirada en su apartamento de Paris, hasta que un representante musical: Larry Nelly (Jeremy Irons) con el que antaño había trabajado, le propone una nueva aparición estelar. Franco Zeffirelli recrea un ambiente en el que Fanny Ardant demuestra su calidad interpretativa, rodeada de jóvenes como Jay Rodan y el modelo Gabriel Garko muy del estilo Pasolini.
Director
La cinta hace una invención de los últimos meses de la Gran Diva de la ópera,... retirada en su apartamento de Paris, hasta que un representante musical: Larry Nelly (Jeremy Irons) con el que antaño había trabajado, le propone una nueva aparición estelar. Franco Zeffirelli recrea un ambiente en el que Fanny Ardant demuestra su calidad interpretativa, rodeada de jóvenes como Jay Rodan y el modelo Gabriel Garko muy del estilo Pasolini.
Director
Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He confesses his feelings to Violetta, who is already suffering from consumption. She vacillates between genuine affection and a realistic assessment of her situation as a "fallen woman", which precludes any lasting relationship with a man. The Franco Zeffirelli production of LA TRAVIATA, recorded live at the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Februari 2002.
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Verdi’s grand opera “Aida” is given an intimate treatment in Busetto, Italy, in 2001, in a staging with young singers, all coached by the legendary tenor Carlo Bergonzi and staged by Franco Zeffirelli. The result is an astonishing musical and dramatic piece of theater, proving that with the right mix of ingredients, an opera can be staged in a small theater and still achieve a thrilling and moving effect.
Director
Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera in 2000.
Self
A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. Clips from his films and interviews with actors, crew members, and critics provide details for this portrait of creativity.
Novel
Luca, un niño huérfano de madre y del que su padre reniega, es acogido en la Florencia de los años 30 por Mary, una dama inglesa. Ella forma parte de un grupo de mujeres anglosajonas con mucha clase que quedan de forma habitual para tomar el té y que aman la cultura. La llegada de Benito Mussolini al poder las desconcierta hasta el punto de que deciden reunirse personalmente con él para asegurarse de que el fascismo no perjudicará sus intereses.
Director
Luca, un niño huérfano de madre y del que su padre reniega, es acogido en la Florencia de los años 30 por Mary, una dama inglesa. Ella forma parte de un grupo de mujeres anglosajonas con mucha clase que quedan de forma habitual para tomar el té y que aman la cultura. La llegada de Benito Mussolini al poder las desconcierta hasta el punto de que deciden reunirse personalmente con él para asegurarse de que el fascismo no perjudicará sus intereses.
Director
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.
Screenplay
Después de educarse en un orfanato, la joven y poco agraciada Jane Eyre es contratada como institutriz por el señor Rochester para que se encargue de la educación de su hija... Adaptación de la novela homónima de Charlotte Brontë.
Director
Después de educarse en un orfanato, la joven y poco agraciada Jane Eyre es contratada como institutriz por el señor Rochester para que se encargue de la educación de su hija... Adaptación de la novela homónima de Charlotte Brontë.
Self
Sentido homenaje en clave documental del director Mario Monicelli al compositor Nino Rota (creador, entre otras, de la mítica banda sonora de "El padrino"), con quien trabajó en más de una decena de películas.
Screenplay
Adaptación de la novela "Un cuento de Sparrow" del escritor italiano Giovanni Verga. Ambientada en Sicilia en 1854, describe el drama de una joven novicia que, a causa de una epidemia de cólera, es obligada a salir del convento en el que lleva doce años e instalarse con su familia. Fuera del convento se enamora perdidamente de un joven, lo que le produce un fuerte sentimiento de confusión y culpabilidad. (FILMAFFINITY)
Director
Adaptación de la novela "Un cuento de Sparrow" del escritor italiano Giovanni Verga. Ambientada en Sicilia en 1854, describe el drama de una joven novicia que, a causa de una epidemia de cólera, es obligada a salir del convento en el que lleva doce años e instalarse con su familia. Fuera del convento se enamora perdidamente de un joven, lo que le produce un fuerte sentimiento de confusión y culpabilidad. (FILMAFFINITY)
Set Designer
It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.
Production Design
It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.
Director
It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.
Director
This opera was filmed live at La Scala in 1992. The all-star cast includes Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, aolo Coni, Daniela Dessi, Luciana d'Intio, and Alexander Anismov. Riccardo Muti conducts.
Director
A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.
Screenplay
El rey de Dinamarca muere y su viuda se casa a las pocas semanas con su cuñado. Hamlet, el primogénito, no puede olvidar a su padre, cuyo fantasma se le aparece en el castillo y le confirma que fue envenenado por su propio hermano.
Director
El rey de Dinamarca muere y su viuda se casa a las pocas semanas con su cuñado. Hamlet, el primogénito, no puede olvidar a su padre, cuyo fantasma se le aparece en el castillo y le confirma que fue envenenado por su propio hermano.
Production Design
Every woman wants him, every man wants to be him: Mozart’s version of the irresistible rogue who brings excitement with him and leaves destruction it his wake has always attracted top singing actors, as in this performance brilliantly led by James Levine. Samuel Ramey is Don Giovanni, pursued by the incandescent Karita Mattila (Donna Elvira) in her Met debut season and role, and by the white-hot avenging fury of Carol Vaness (Donna Anna.) Ferruccio Furlanetto delivers a masterful comic turn as the Don’s servant, Leporello.
Director
Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.
Original Story
A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.
Director
A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.
Director
The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. When Nedda spurns the advances of Tonio, another player in the troupe, he tells Canio about Nedda's betrayal. In a jealous rage Canio murders both Nedda and Silvio. Although Leoncavallo's opera was originally set in the late 1860's, Zeffirelli's production is updated to the period between World War I and World War II.
Director
La producción de Franco Zeffirelli de Turandot de Puccini, grabada en vivo en el Metropolitan Opera House en abril de 1987, con Eva Marto como Turandot, Plácido Domingo como Calaf, Leona Mitchel como Liú, Paul Plishka como Timur y Huges Cuenod como el Emperador Altoum. Dirige James Levine
Production Design
La producción de Franco Zeffirelli de Turandot de Puccini, grabada en vivo en el Metropolitan Opera House en abril de 1987, con Eva Marto como Turandot, Plácido Domingo como Calaf, Leona Mitchel como Liú, Paul Plishka como Timur y Huges Cuenod como el Emperador Altoum. Dirige James Levine
Production Design
Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?"
Adaptation
Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?"
Director
Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?"
Director
Live Metropolitan Opera performance March, 1985.
Set Designer
Live Metropolitan Opera performance March, 1985.
Production Design
This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where 800,000 Parisian cinemagoers flocked to it in the first six week. It was nominated for two Oscars (for production and costume design) and won BAFTAs in those two categories, as well as receiving BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations as 1983’s Best Foreign-Language Film.
Adaptation
This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where 800,000 Parisian cinemagoers flocked to it in the first six week. It was nominated for two Oscars (for production and costume design) and won BAFTAs in those two categories, as well as receiving BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations as 1983’s Best Foreign-Language Film.
Director
This “Traviata” became one of the most succesful of all opera films, especially in France, where 800,000 Parisian cinemagoers flocked to it in the first six week. It was nominated for two Oscars (for production and costume design) and won BAFTAs in those two categories, as well as receiving BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations as 1983’s Best Foreign-Language Film.
Director
Set Designer
"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera. This production, directed by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli, features José Carreras, Teresa Stratas, Renata Scotto and Richard Stilwell. The opera is replete with extraordinary visual beauty as it presents the tragic story of young bohemians struggling to make it in the world.
Production Design
"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera. This production, directed by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli, features José Carreras, Teresa Stratas, Renata Scotto and Richard Stilwell. The opera is replete with extraordinary visual beauty as it presents the tragic story of young bohemians struggling to make it in the world.
Director
"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera. This production, directed by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli, features José Carreras, Teresa Stratas, Renata Scotto and Richard Stilwell. The opera is replete with extraordinary visual beauty as it presents the tragic story of young bohemians struggling to make it in the world.
Director
Dos chicos jóvenes se enamoran entre sí. Los padres de Jade tratan de evitar que se vean. Pero la pasión por su primer amor es muy fuerte...
Self
Traces the life of Anna Magnani, her creations, her successes, her triumphs, her boycotted career, her nonconformism, her anxieties, her generosity ... Punctuated with photos that tell her career in theater and cinema, Extracts of films, this documentary portrait also gives the floor to his friends and relatives, from Roberto Rossellini to Marcello Mastroianni, through Federico Fellini.
Director
Un ex campeón de boxeo, que vive con su hijo pequeño, lleva una vida disipada, dedicada por entero a la bebida y al juego. Él desea cambiar, pero no puede. Sin embargo, cuando su mujer vuelve con él, el deseo de rehacer su vida con los suyos lo lleva a reanudar su carrera.
Director
CARMEN is the classic tale of forbidden passion between a young man and a spoken-for woman, Carmen. From ORF and TDK Music, this release features a live performance of Georges Bizet's 19th century operatic masterwork Carmen. Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli, the production was shot on December 9, 1978, at the Wiener Straatsoper. Starring Elena Obraztsova in the titular role, the orchestra is conducted by Carlos Kleiber.
Narrator
Narrated by cinema legend Franco Zeffirelli, this intimate made-for-television documentary traces the life and times of the mercurial Maria Callas, one of the most renowned and respected operatic divas of the mid-20th century. Rare authentic footage, candid interviews and breathtaking performances help paint a portrait of an artist remembered as much for her quick and explosive temper as she is for her immeasurable talent.
Director
Plácido Domingo accomplishes the rare feat of singing both leads on the same night at the Met in 1978 on opera's most popular double-bill.
Screenplay
A pesar de ser hijo de unos ricos mercaderes, Francisco de Asís renuncia a todas sus posesiones y a su acomodada vida para dedicarla al servicio de Dios y de los más pobres.
Director
A pesar de ser hijo de unos ricos mercaderes, Francisco de Asís renuncia a todas sus posesiones y a su acomodada vida para dedicarla al servicio de Dios y de los más pobres.
Screenplay
Adaptación del clásico de Shakespeare. Dos familias de Verona, los Montesco y los Capuleto, llevan enfrentadas durante años. El joven Romeo Montesco va junto con sus amigos a causar problemas en una fiesta en la que los Capuleto son los anfitriones. Allí conoce a Julieta Capuleta, e inmediatamente se enamora de ella.
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Adaptación del clásico de Shakespeare. Dos familias de Verona, los Montesco y los Capuleto, llevan enfrentadas durante años. El joven Romeo Montesco va junto con sus amigos a causar problemas en una fiesta en la que los Capuleto son los anfitriones. Allí conoce a Julieta Capuleta, e inmediatamente se enamora de ella.
Self
Various international presentions are featured through satellite uplink.
Director
Italia, siglo XVI. Petruchio, un colérico, mentiroso y pobre propietario rural de Verona, llega a Padua en busca de fortuna y esposa, al tiempo que Bautista, un rico comerciante, anuncia que no permitirá que Blanca, su hija menor, se case hasta que lo haga la temperamental e intratable Catalina, su hija mayor.
Producer
Italia, siglo XVI. Petruchio, un colérico, mentiroso y pobre propietario rural de Verona, llega a Padua en busca de fortuna y esposa, al tiempo que Bautista, un rico comerciante, anuncia que no permitirá que Blanca, su hija menor, se case hasta que lo haga la temperamental e intratable Catalina, su hija mayor.
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Italia, siglo XVI. Petruchio, un colérico, mentiroso y pobre propietario rural de Verona, llega a Padua en busca de fortuna y esposa, al tiempo que Bautista, un rico comerciante, anuncia que no permitirá que Blanca, su hija menor, se case hasta que lo haga la temperamental e intratable Catalina, su hija mayor.
Director
A dramatic, solemn and refined work, "Per Firenze" spread throughout the world the cry for help that was rising in those hours from the city of Dante and Brunelleschi, giving rise to one of the greatest phenomena of solidarity that has gone down in history under the name of the "mud angels."
Production Design
In the early 1960s two artistic giants, conductor Herbert von Karajan and director Franco Zeffirelli, joined forces to create this milestone production of Puccini’s masterpiece at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. Filmed in that legendary opera house in 1965, with Zeffireli himself directing for the cameras, this “Bohème” has been acclaimed universally for its unique theatrical impact and visual splendour. Starring the young Mirella Freni in her carreer-making performance. – For the first time the full dimension of opera on film.
Director
In the early 1960s two artistic giants, conductor Herbert von Karajan and director Franco Zeffirelli, joined forces to create this milestone production of Puccini’s masterpiece at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. Filmed in that legendary opera house in 1965, with Zeffireli himself directing for the cameras, this “Bohème” has been acclaimed universally for its unique theatrical impact and visual splendour. Starring the young Mirella Freni in her carreer-making performance. – For the first time the full dimension of opera on film.
Director
Maria Callas’ legendary live performances from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1962 and 1964 celebrate her triumphant return to the Covent Garden stage. Repertoire from these performances include Verdi: Tu che le vanità (Don Carlo), Bizet: Habanera & Séguedille (Carmen) and Puccini: Tosca (Act II complete). Her vivid portrayals of the tragic Elisabeth de Valois, the tantalising Carmen, and her vulnerable Tosca (directed by Franco Zeffirelli) captured the hearts of the London audiences. This is Maria Callas as the world remembers her. Renato Cioni, Tito Gobbi, Robert Bowman, Dennis Wicks Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden- Conducted by Georges Prêtre & Carlo Felice Cillario.
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Two young lovers, Tao and Valeria, decide to go and enjoy a beautiful holiday in privacy, away from the daily routine and their parents. After a journey full of adventures, aboard a sidecar, they find themselves in a campsite populated by Germans.
Director
Two young lovers, Tao and Valeria, decide to go and enjoy a beautiful holiday in privacy, away from the daily routine and their parents. After a journey full of adventures, aboard a sidecar, they find themselves in a campsite populated by Germans.
First Assistant Director
Un representante de electrodomésticos que vive en Roma, soltero empedernido, que va siempre acompañado de bellas mujeres, aunque parte de sus aventuras amorosas son sólo fruto de su imaginación. Después de la boda de su socio, decide dejar el apartamento que compartían e irse a vivir a una pensión.
First Assistant Director
Año 1866. Livia, una bella dama de una aristocrática familia italiana, vive un intenso romance con el teniente Franz Mahler, un oficial del ejército austriaco, en plena guerra de independencia italiana frente a Austria.
First Assistant Director
Celestina, una muchacha del campo, deja su tierra para trabajar de criada en la ciudad. En poco tiempo pasa por varias casas y se enamora de un modesto trabajador que la deja embarazada.
First Assistant Director
En los estudios de Cinecittà, el director Alessandro Blasetti está haciendo un casting para seleccionar a la niña que actuará en su nueva película. Entre las madres que han llevado a sus hijas está Maddalena Cecconi, una mujer de barrio que sueña con ver a su hija en el Olimpo de las grandes estrellas. Contra la voluntad de su marido, Maddalena no repara en medios para conseguir su objetivo: inscribe a María en un curso de baile y actuación, le paga fotógrafo y peluquera, le encarga vestidos a medida. En su obsesión, confía incautamente en Alberto Annovazzi, un especulador sin escrúpulos que dice tener los contactos necesarios para que María realice la prueba.
First Assistant Director
Es la primera parte (El episodio del mar) de una trilogía sobre Sicilia. Narra la historia de la lucha de un pescador ('Ntoni Valastro) y su familia para liberarse de la explotación de los mayoristas de la pesca. Libre adaptación de una novela de Giovanni Verga (I Malavoglia).
Filippo Garrone
En una popular barriada romana, centenares de familias viven sumidas en la pobreza. Allí vive Angelina, la mujer de un suboficial de policía, que trabaja duramente para mantener a sus cinco hijos.
