Pagliacci (1982)

Directed by

Franco Zeffirelli

Genre

musical film

Country

Germany, Italy

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a filmed version of Leoncavallo's opera about a clown who must perform a comedy while his heart is breaking with jealousy and betrayal. Opera stars Plácido Domingo and Teresa Stratas sing and act out the tragic story. The movie was shot at La Scala opera house in Milan.

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What happens

Pagliacci is a 1982 Italian film of Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, directed by Franco Zeffirelli. All the actors, including Plácido Domingo and Teresa Stratas in the starring roles, were opera singers who sang their own parts. Pagliacci was shot at Milan's La Scala opera house and on a movie sound stage. Georges Prêtre conducted the Orchestra and Choir of La Scala. The film was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. It was also shown on Italian and U.S. television and brought Zeffirelli an Emmy Award for Best Director in the category of Classical Music Programming. In 2003, Pagliacci was re-released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon (having earlier been released by Philips/Decca on DVD), paired with Cavalleria rusticana (also starring Plácido Domingo). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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