Romeo and Juliet
1968
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Jun 15, 2019 · June 15, 2019. Franco Zeffirelli, the Italian director known for his sumptuous films and stage productions, died on Saturday at 96. [Read the Times obituary.] The critics sometimes found his...
Director: Romeo and Juliet. Franco Zeffirelli is an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television. He was also a senator from 1994 until 2001 for the Italian center-right Forza Italia party. Some of his operatic designs and productions have become worldwide classics.
Jun 15, 2019 · Franco Zeffirelli, the Italian director renowned for his extravagantly romantic opera productions, popular film versions of Shakespeare and supercharged social life, died on Saturday at his...
Jun 15, 2019 · The Italian filmmaker and opera director gave audiences plenty to look at — in his lavishly styled operas and his biblical and Shakespearean film adaptations. Zeffirelli died Saturday in Rome ...
Jun 15, 2019 · Bettmann Archive. CNN —. Legendary Italian theater, opera and film director Franco Zeffirelli died on Saturday at the age of 96, a spokeswoman for his foundation in Rome told CNN.
Jun 17, 2019 · Franco Zeffirelli Made Subtle, Striking Opera. Until He Exploded. The director, an unabashed emperor of extravagance, forgot what he once knew: Opera can be deep drama. Share full article. The...
Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post–World War II era, gaining both acclaim and notoriety for his lavish stagings of classical works, as well as his film adaptations of the same.
