ZEFFIRELLI-COSI, FRANCO

frängˈkō zāf-fērĕlˈlē-kôˈsē, 1923–, Italian opera, stage, and film director and designer, b. Florence. Zeffirelli had his first successes as assistant to the director Luchino Visconti in the films Troilus and Cressida and The Three Sisters. His first opera production was La Cenerentola for Milan's La Scala, after which he became known chiefly for his opulent opera productions. He has mounted productions of Falstaff (1964, revival 2002) and Antony and Cleopatra (1966), among others, for the Metropolitan Opera Company. Zeffirelli's films include The Taming of the Shrew (1966), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973), The Champ (1979), Endless Love (1981), La Traviata (1983), Hamlet (1990), Jane Eyre (1996), and Tea with Mussolini (1999).

See his autobiography (1986).

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...23, n. 9 Nov 1989 . 54. Zeffirelli, Franco. Antony and Cleopatra. TDT...n. 3 May/Jun 1979 . 16. Zeffirelli, Franco Peter J. Hall. Romeo and Juliet...1975 . 26. Zelinske, Stephen. Cosi fan Tutti . TCI , vol. 12...
...40 Young, La Monte 181 Zappa, Frank 31 , 322n.57 Zeffirelli, Franco 324n.45 , 325n.46-7 52 , 326 Zemach, Eddy M...the Australian versions of Mozarts Don Giovanni , Cosi Fan Tutte , and Bizets Carmen , and Peter Halls of Beethovens...
...JOHNSON B. 1895 Naughty Marietta Herbert, V. 1910 ZEFFIRELLI, FRANCO B. 1923 Antony and Cleopatra Barber, S. 1966 ZILAHY...Cooke, T. S. 1827 DA PONTE, LORENZO 1749-1838 Cosi fan tutte W. A. Mozart, 1790 Tit for Tat Hawes...
...K. 551 Jupiter / Mozart -- Cosi fan Tutte: Come scoglio / Mozart...York City Leontyne Price, soprano Franco Zeffirelli, director/ designer Metropolitan...manager Rudolf Bing, director Franco Zeffirelli, and soprano Leontyne Price...


 

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...154 minutes). Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte Dessi, Ziegler...James Levine, conductor; Franco Zeffirelli, director; Franco Zeffirelli, sets; Peter J. Hall...Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor; Franco Zeffirelli, director; Franco Zeffirelli...
...which attracted both Luchino Fellini in Rome in 1950 and Franco Zeffirelli at La Scala in the middle 1950s, both with Maria Callas...the same sense of uncertainty that Mozart provides in Cosi fan tutte, itself not far away from Rossinis own Turk...
...including Ezio Frigerio, Lila de Nobili, Nicola Benois and Franco Zeffirelli. The jewellery is displayed alongside images of Callas...Gounods masterpiece Romeo et Juliette, and Mozarts Cosi fan tutte. Both productions are perfectly embodied...
...Covent Garden, so Cosi and even Figaro...the unsinkable Franco Zefferelli! When...Puccinis Tosca More Zeffirelli/Puccini came on...appeared in this lush Zeffirelli staging. Here...Still talking of Zeffirelli war-horses there...form. In Cav tenor Franco Farina made a robust...
...attention to detail on the score. Franco Zeffirellis over-the-top...role of Calaf. In vet another Zeffirelli affair, his 1990 production...Met (following Despina in Cosi in 1996), and she turned...the recent (Fall, 1996) Zeffirelli Carmen. As readers who saw...


 

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ZEFFIRELLI-COSI, FRANCO frang ko zaf-ferel le-ko se, 1923 , Italian opera, stage, and film director and designer, b. Florence. Zeffirelli had his first successes as assistant to the director Luchino Visconti...


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