Cavalleria Rusticana - A film by Franco Zeffirelli
Opera
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1h 9m
Filmed by the great director Franco Zeffirelli and featuring stars of the opera world - Elena Obraztsova (Santuzza), Plácido Domingo (Turiddu), Fedora Barbieri (Lucia), Renato Bruson (Alfio), and Axelle Gall (Lola) - this grandiose 1982 production of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana exemplifies the composer's intention of "verismo." Filmed on location in Vizzini, Sicily, the realism of the traditional Sicilian atmosphere, architecture, and countryside, make this a very special opera film with "a cast that gives fervid, genuinely Zeffirelliesque performances of unrelenting intensity." (LA Times)
Composer: Pietro Mascagni
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Orchestra: Teatro Alla Scala
Cast/Soloist: Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, Fedora Barbieri, Renato Bruson, Axelle Gall
Genre: Opera
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