Cavalleria rusticana (1982)
• June 15th, 1982 • 1h 10min
TV Movie, Music
Overview
Franco Zeffirelli directs these two legendary La Scala productions telling tragic tales of jealousy. Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana features performances by Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, and Renato Bruson. Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci stars Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, and Juan Pons. Both are conducted by George Pretre. This production of Pagliacci earned director Franco Zeffirelli the coveted Emmy as Best Director in the category of Classical Music Programming.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Phantom of the Opera
Released on: 1925-09-22
Horror, Music
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make...
The Metropolitan Opera: Manon
Released on: 2019-10-26
Music, Drama
Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in t...
Così fan tutte
Released on: 2013-06-21
Music, TV Movie
Who loves whom in Così fan tutte, Mozart’s and Da Ponte’s cruelly comic reflection on desire, fideli...
Salome
Released on: 1974-04-10
Drama, Music
This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, a...
Amadeus
Released on: 1984-09-19
History, Music, Drama
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
Swan Lake
Released on: 2019-09-18
Music
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a ballet in three acts, is present by the Ballet Company of the National Op...
Aria
Released on: 1987-05-27
Music, Comedy, Drama
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Released on: 2004-11-16
Drama, Music
Witness the Zurich Opera's stunning production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Tannhauser," conduct...
Tristan und Isolde
Released on: 1983-10-01
Music
Take a perfect cast, a great conductor and a groundbreaking staging in-out makes a 'Tristan' for ete...
The Marriage Of Figaro - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Released on: 2017-09-25
Music
The production bears the imprint of the conductor, Marko Letonja, and the director, Tobias Richter, ...
Zaporozhets Za Dunayem
Released on: 1937-01-01
Music, Comedy
Adapted from the opera written by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.
The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
Released on: 2014-02-08
Music
Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák’s sumptuously melodic ...
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Released on: 2008-11-22
Music, Drama
Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and dashing Italian tenor Marcello Giordani are unlucky lovers in...
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Released on: 2015-02-14
Music
Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act o...
Abesalom and Eteri
Released on: 1966-12-04
Music, Drama, Romance
Prince Abesalom runs into an orphaned Eteri while hunting, falls for her and brings the woman to his...
Puccini: Turandot
Released on: 2009-11-07
Music
Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical C...
Backstage Vienna State Opera
Released on: 2019-04-28
Documentary, Music
This film takes us behind the scenes of the magical events of the world famous Vienna State Opera. T...
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Released on: 2008-08-11
Music
John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one...
