The opening chapter of Guiseppe Verdi's wildly popular, career-defining trilogy that also includes Il Trovatore and La Traviata makes the leap from the stage to the screen in this 1946 film starring Tito Gobbi, Mario Del Monaco, and Janet Vidor and featuring Oliviero de Fabritiis conducting the Rome Opera Orchestra. Arias and duets are performed ...
A composer discovers that the inspiration for his greatest work may come at the expense of his marriage in this romantic drama with music. Richard Wilder (Michael Dennison) was a pilot with the RAF during World War II and was shot down over the Dolomite Mountains of Italy during a mission. Wilder's life was saved by Alida (Valentina Cortese), a ...
In this screen adaptation of Donizetti's comic opera, a flirtatious young girl loves teasing the boys. One young man is particularly enamored and goes to the local medicine man for a love potion. The strange brew works and romance ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Sweet revenge turns horribly sour in Verdi's tragic opera Rigoletto. This Italian film version of the Verdi classic was lensed at the Royal Opera House of Rome. As a result, it isn't very cinematic, though the singing cannot be faulted. The great Tito Gobbi stars as Rigoletto, the hunchbacked jester whose desire to wreak vengeance on the Duke of ...
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