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Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli - what members say
review by ThomasKus from Gloucester
Take your time 25 April 2007
review by from Cheshire England
A World-Class Production of 'Carmen' 2 October 2006
review by A customer from Cambridge, England
Carmen, Wiener Staatsoper (1978) 15 November 2006
Franco Zeffirelli - filmography
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Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme
on DVD
(2003)
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli's staging of Puccini's celebrated opera features star performances by internationally known soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domas and her magnificent partner, tenor Marcelo Alvarez. Both singers shine in their roles as Mimi and Rudolfo, two people in a group of bohemian artists living ..read more »
 
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Georges Bizet - Carmen
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Marina Domashenko, Maya Dashuk, Marco Berti
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Filmed in Italy at the Roma Di Verona, this performance of Bizet's CARMEN was directed by the highly acclaimed Franco Zeffirelli. Shot in July 2003, the opera is beautifully guided by expert conductor Alain Lombard, with Marina Domashenko ably taking the lead role of Carmen, and the masterful Marco ..read more »
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from 3 members
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Callas Forever
(2002)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Fanny Ardant, Joan Plowright
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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This fictionalised biopic chronicles the final years of opera meta-diva Maria Callas (Fanny Ardant), filling in the blank spots with a what if scenario. It's the late 1970s and Callas, once the greatest singer in opera, has lost her voice, been thrown over by Aristotle Onassis in favour of Jackie ..read more »
55%
from 342 members
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Aida
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Paolo Pecchioli, Kate Aldrich, Adina Aaron
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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This 2001 concert of Giuseppe Verdi's classic was staged at the theater of his namesake in Busseto. Renowned filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli directed the astonishing performance. The release also includes a 45-minute documentary on the making of this spectacular event.
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from 96 members
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Jane Eyre
(1996)
Starring: William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan Plowright
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Director Franco Zeffirelli stresses emotional realism over gothic chills in this restrained adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic. The screenplay, by Zeffirelli and Hugh Whitmore, remains relatively faithful to the original story, beginning with a condensed look at the troubled childhood of ..read more »
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from 2,033 members
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Hamlet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli directs his third Shakespeare adaptation (after Romeo and Juliet and Otello) with this film version of the tragedy Hamlet. The titular prince of Denmark (Mel Gibson), returns home to his family's castle of Elsinore after years of attending school in Germany to find out his father ..read more »
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from 1,356 member
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Callas
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Maria Callas, Franco Zeffirelli, John Ardoin
Director: Tony Palmer
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Extensive performance footage including some real rarities. Newsreel footage: her funeral cortege; the Rome Walkout ("I would spit in the faces of my enemies...and make them go on their knees in front of me! I can! I will! And I must!"); her break with Ghiringhelli, Callas reading Bing's ..read more »
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from 23 members
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Endless Love
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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A modern variation on the Romeo and Juliet theme, Endless Love features tha Oscar-nominated song performed by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, this timeless romance stars Brooke Shields as Jade, who becomes the true love and obsession of the boy next door, David. However,..read more »
56%
from 807 members
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Jesus Of Nazareth
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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This epic chronicle of Christ begins with the arrangements of the wedding between Joseph and Mary, proceeds through Jesus' birth, his encounter with John the Baptist, and all the way to the grueling, transfigurative end. The all-star cast includes Anne Bancroft, Laurence Olivier, Michael York, ..read more »
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from 1,289 member
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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St. Francis of Assisi was an extraordinarily complex and difficult figure whose effect on his contemporary society was electrifying. Even today, many people are moved by his visionary message of universal toleration. Twelfth-century Italy had an exceptionally grim and regimented society, but the ..read more »
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from 432 members
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Romeo And Juliet
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, Milo O'Shea
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Italian director Franco Zeffirelli stunned the screen world when he cast two young unknowns to portray the star-crossed lovers in Romeo & Juliet, but it was a gamble that resulted in one of the most popular motion pictures of all time, winning international acclaim and four Academy Award ..read more »
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from 1,358 member
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The Taming Of The Shrew
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Michael York, Natasha Pyne
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is a zesty version of the classic comedy, highlighted by performances by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and Nino Rota's score. Instead of simply filming a play, Zeffirelli turned Shakespeare's text into a lively, ..read more »
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from 829 members
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La Boheme
(1967)
Starring: La Scala Theatre Orchestra, Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, this is the story of the lives, loves, trials and tribulations of a group of bohemian artists in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1830's. Sung in Italian, this version of Puccini's classic is one of the most acclaimed of the 20th century, and stars opera legends ..read more »
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from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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Carmen
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli depiction of "Carmen".
58%
from 52 members
Currently unavailable
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Verdi - La Traviata
on DVD
Starring: Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Acclaimed film and stage director Franco Zeffirelli spared no costs to reproduce the opulent setting of Violetta Valery´s happiness and downfall. The unparalleled musical quality of the production is guaranteed by some of the world´s most famous musicians: The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra of New ..read more »
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