| Description |
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
plastic |
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4 3/4 in. |
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stamping |
| Description |
digital |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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all regions |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 0 (worldwide); 4:3 aspect ratio; PCM stereo. and DTS 5.1 sound. |
| Note |
Operas. |
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Durations: 70 min.; 71 min. |
| Performer |
Cavalleria rusticana: Elena Obraztsova (Santuzza) ; Plácido Domingo (Turiddu) ; Fedora Barbieri (Lucia) ; Renato Bruson (Alfio) ; Axelle Gall (Lola). Pagliacci: Plácido Domingo (Canio) ; Teresa Stratas (Nedda) ; Juan Pons (Tonio) ; Florindo Andreolli (Peppe) ; Alberto Rinaldi (Silvio) ; Alfredo Pistone (un contadino) ; Ivan del Manto (un altro contadino) -- Both productions: Orchestra & Coro del Teatro alla Scala ; Romano Gandolfi, chorus master ; Georges Prêtre, conductor. |
| Credits |
Director, Franco Zeffirelli ; director of photography, Armando Nannuzzi ; camera, Nino Cristiani, Daniele Nannuzzi ; set design, Gianni Quaranta ; costume design, Anna Anni ; musical supervision, Rudolf Werner ; sound, Gernot R. Westhäuser ; assistant director, Carlo Lastricati ; film editors, Peter Taylor, Franca Silvi ; production manager, Giuseppe Pisciotto ; executive producer, Horant H. Hohlfeld. |
| Event |
Filmed at Milan, La Scala & Studio Cologno Monzese, Feb. 1981, and on location in Vizzini, Sicily, Apr. 1981. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of the 1982 productions. |
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Synopses and essay by Kenneth Chalmers in English (11 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
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Bonus: trailer. |
| Summary |
In Cavalleria rusticana, Santuzza, pregnant by Turiddu, is distraught when she finds he has deserted her in favor of the attractive young Lola. A melodrama in one act. |
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In Pagliacci, a traveling troupe of entertainers, Canio, his wife Nedda, Peppe and Tonio, arrive in the village for an evening performance. Nedda and her lover, Silvio a young lad from the village, plan to leave together that night. Tonio overhears the plot and tells Canio. A drama in two acts. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian; with optional subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish or Chinese; menus in English. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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| Subject |
Operas -- Film adaptations.
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Operas -- Film adaptations. |
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Operas.
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Opera films.
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Opera films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Zeffirelli, Franco, director.
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Obrazt͡sova, Elena, singer.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- singer.
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Barbieri, Fedora, singer.
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Bruson, Renato, singer.
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Gall, Axelle, singer.
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Stratas, Teresa, singer.
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Pons, Juan, singer.
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Andreolli, Florindo, singer.
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Rinaldi, Alberto, 1939-2003, singer.
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Pistone, Alfredo, singer.
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Manto, Ivan del, singer.
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Prêtre, Georges, conductor.
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Nannuzzi, Armando, 1925-2001, director of photography.
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Quaranta, Gianni, set designer.
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Anni, Anna, costume designer.
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Chalmers, Kenneth, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945.
Cavalleria rusticana.
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Container of (work): Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919.
Pagliacci.
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Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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Teatro alla Scala. Coro, singer.
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Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
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Aries Film Releasing L.P.
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Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
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Universal Music (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Cavalleria rusticana |
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Pagliacci |
| Standard No. |
044007340332 |
| Music No. |
B0004353-09 Deutsche Grammphon |
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