Franco Zeffirelli: Pagliacci
Year: 1981
Country: Italy
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Costume designer: Anna Anni
Set designer: Gianni Quaranta
Cast: Placido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons
Genre: opera
Runtime: 72 min.
Age: 16+
Country: Italy
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Costume designer: Anna Anni
Set designer: Gianni Quaranta
Cast: Placido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons
Genre: opera
Runtime: 72 min.
Age: 16+
Calabria, 19th century. Canio, the leader of a travelling troupe of players, warns that if he were to find his wife Nedda unfaithful, she would pay dearly for it. After Nedda repulses Tonio's advances, Tonio overhears Nedda and her lover Silvio planning to run away together...
"Pagliacci" is often celebrated as one of the finest examples of verismo, or realist opera. It is even based on a true story: Leoncavallo's father, a judge, once presided over the trial of an actor who, in a fit of jealousy, murdered his wife immediately following a performance. "Pagliacci" is frequently performed along with Mascagni's one-acter "Cavalleria Rusticana". Both works are strongly linked with the name of Franco Zeffirelli, the great stage and film director who has been infusing the operatic repertoire with grace, elegance and poignancy. Both his Emmy Award-winning production of "Pagliacci" and his "Cavalleria" feature international star tenor Placido Domingo.
"Pagliacci" is often celebrated as one of the finest examples of verismo, or realist opera. It is even based on a true story: Leoncavallo's father, a judge, once presided over the trial of an actor who, in a fit of jealousy, murdered his wife immediately following a performance. "Pagliacci" is frequently performed along with Mascagni's one-acter "Cavalleria Rusticana". Both works are strongly linked with the name of Franco Zeffirelli, the great stage and film director who has been infusing the operatic repertoire with grace, elegance and poignancy. Both his Emmy Award-winning production of "Pagliacci" and his "Cavalleria" feature international star tenor Placido Domingo.
