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Verdi

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Statement Of Responsibility A:
a RAI-Antenne 2, Bavaria, BBC, SVT2, TSS coproduction.
Imprint Main A:
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur [distributor], 2003.
Resource Type A:
Video
Physical Media A:
DVD

Where to find it

Music Library — Media

Call Number
DVD 1250
Summary
Holdings: disc1-disc4
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Call Number
DVD 1250 discs1+4 c.1
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Status
Available

Summary

This miniseries, filmed in Leningrad, London, Paris, and Verdi's home region of Italy's Po Valley, required more than 100 actors, 18,000 extras, and over 4000 costumes. The program gives a complete overview of Verdi's life and is filled with music from the composer's works sung in the original Italian and taken from past rare recordings featuring such opera artists as Renata Tebaldi, Maria Callas, Luchiano Pavarotti, and Birgit Nilsson.

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Contents

v. 1. Disc 1: Childhood, Barezzi & Milan ; Margherita, tragedy & Nabucco. Disc 2: Patriotism, I Lombardi and Ernani ; Giuseppina, revolution & Rigoletto -- v. 2. Disc 3: Independent Italy, La traviata & Un ballo. Disc 4: Crisis, Otello & Falstaff.

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Other details

Variant Title:
Title on container: The: Life of Verdi
Published:
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur [distributor], 2003.
Language:
English
Credits:
Executive producer, Alessandro Altieri ; director and screenplay, Renato Castellani ; dialogue written and directed by Gene Luotto.
Performers/Participants:
Cast: Ronald Pickup (Verdi), Carla Fracci (Guiseppina Strepponi), Daria Nocolodi, Omero Antonutti, Giampiero Albertini; Lino Capolicchio, Enzo Cerusico, Agla Marsili, Lionello Pio Di Savoia, Pier Luigi Giorgio, Eva Christian, Milena Vukotic, Tito Schipa, Jr., Nanni Svampa, Leopoldo Trieste, Jan Niklas, Adriana Innocenti, Carlo Colombo, Stefano Coratti, Elena De Maggi, Nino Dal Fabbro, Renzo Palmer.
System Details:
DVD, all regions, full screen presentation; Hi-Fi Dolby.
Notes:
DVD release of the 1983 production.
Description:
4 videodiscs (630 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description Details:
Color characteristics: polychrome
Recording type: digital
Recording medium: optical
Special audio characteristics: Dolby
Presentation format: fullscreen
File type: video file
File format: DVD video
Regional encoding: all regions
ISBN:
0769712460
9780769712468
OCLC Number:
53895563
Other Identifiers:
Video Publisher Number: D1246 (Kultur)
UPC:
UPC: 032031124691
System ID:
004942863

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