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- Over the next decade, he staged dozens of operas, romantic melodramas and contemporary works in Italian and other European theaters, eventually earning a reputation as one of the world's best directors of musical theater.
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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 work...
Apr 17, 2024 · Franco Zeffirelli (born February 12, 1923, Florence, Italy—died June 15, 2019, Rome) was an Italian director, designer, and producer of opera, theatre, motion pictures, and television. He was particularly noted for the authentic details and grand scale of his opera productions and for his film adaptations of William Shakespeare.
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Jun 17, 2019 · By Anthony Tommasini. June 17, 2019. For decades, the director Franco Zeffirelli, who died on Saturday at 96, was the unabashed emperor of extravagance in opera. He became so associated...
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1. The Metropolitan Opera Presents. Episode: La Bohème. (1982) 1977– 2h 3m. 8.6 (72) Rate. TV Episode. Starving artist and consumptive seamstress fall in love, have trouble maintaining the relationship. His painter friend also has romantic troubles with his ambitious grisette. Director Kirk Browning Stars Richard Stilwell José Carreras James Morris
Jun 17, 2019 · By David Hudson. The Daily — Jun 17, 2019. Share. Franco Zeffirelli in 1967. S ince the Italian film, opera, and theater director Franco Zeffirelli passed away this past weekend at the age of ninety-six, two themes have emerged most prominently in discussions of the man and his work on social media.
After creating 11 productions for the company between 1964 and 1998, director Franco Zeffirelli (1923–2019) returned to the Met in 2008 for a revival of his signature production of La Bohème. First seen in 1981, it remains one of the most beloved stagings in Met history.
Jun 15, 2019 · Few directors straddled the worlds of opera and film as seamlessly as Franco Zeffirelli, who has died at the age of 96.
