Romeo and Juliet
1968
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Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019) [1] 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 ...
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- Academy of Fine Arts of Florence
- 1942–1945
- British Army
Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019) was an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television. He was known for his adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Jesus of Nazareth and other classics.
- Franco Zeffirelli
- June 15, 2019
- February 12, 1923
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 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 ...
Jun 15, 2019 · Director Franco Zeffirelli (centre) rehearsing with actors Natasha Pyne and Michael York for the film 'The Taming of the Shrew', 1967. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Jun 15, 2019 · Franco Zeffirelli was born in Florence on Feb. 12, 1923, a product of an extramarital affair. His father, Ottorino Corsi, was a respected wool and silk merchant but inveterate womanizer, and his ...
Jun 15, 2019 · Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Aida at La Scala, Milan, 2006, which he saw as “the sum of all the others – the Aida of Aidas”. Photograph: AP Photo/Marco Brescia/Teatro alla Scala.
