Verdi: La Traviata: Levine, Stratas, And Domingo- vhs
Year
1982
Time
105 mins
Genre
Drama; Music; Opera
Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Edition
Format
VHS
Actor
Teresa Stratas as Violetta Val�ry; Placido Domingo as Alfredo Germont; Cornell MacNeil as Giorgio Germont; Allan Monk as Barone Douphol; Axelle Gall as Flora; Pina Cei as Annina; Maurizio Barbacini as Gastone de Letori�res; Robert Sommer as Dottor Grenvil; Richard Oneto as Marchese D'Obigny; Renato Cesti� as Giovane Facchino; Dominique Journet as Sorella d'Alfredo; Luciano Brizi as Giuseppe; Tony Ammirati as Guardiano; Ariel Bybee; Geraldine Decker
Rating
Cinematography
Language
English
Plot
La Traviata is a 1983 Italian film written, designed, and directed by Franco Zeffirelli. It is based on the 1853 opera of the same name with music by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The film actually premiered in Italy in 1982, then went into general release there in 1983. It opened in theatres in the U.S. on April 22, 1983.Tenor Pl�cido Domingo and soprano Teresa Stratas star in director Franco Zeffirelli's lushly cinematic version of Verdi's opera La Traviata ('The Woman Gone Astray'), a story of doomed love in 1840s Paris. Violetta (Stratas), who is the mistress of a wealthy baron, hosts a lavish party to celebrate her improved health after a bout with tuberculosis. There she meets Alfredo (Domingo) and becomes smitten with him as he, she, and the guests join in the famous 'Drinking Song.'
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