First published at 16:19 UTC on March 13th, 2021.
Puccini is a film of 1953 by Carmine Gallone, Cinematography by Claude Renoir. Audio in English.
The film, shot in Cinecittà in an Italian - French co-production, narrates a fictionalized biography of the composer Giacomo Puccini (played by Gabriel…
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Puccini is a film of 1953 by Carmine Gallone, Cinematography by Claude Renoir. Audio in English.
The film, shot in Cinecittà in an Italian - French co-production, narrates a fictionalized biography of the composer Giacomo Puccini (played by Gabriele Ferzetti). The story spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including a beautiful singer (Nadia Gray) whom he drops for a small town girl (Märta Torén), and a servant girl who commits suicide over him.
Well-selected excerpts from Manon, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are featured along with other Puccini music, including the voice of Beniamino Gigli. Sets, costumes and production values are first class, all sumptuously filmed by Claude Renoir.
Cast/Characters:
Gabriele Ferzetti - Giacomo Puccini
Märta Torén - Elvira Puccini
Nadi Gray - Cristina Vernini
Paolo Stoppa - Giocondo
Myriam Bru - Delia
Sergio Tofano - Giulio Ricordi
Opera singers in the cast:
Nelly Corradi (in Madama Butterfly )
Gino Sinimberghi (in La bohème and Manon Lescaut )
Giulio Neri
Antonietta Stella
Rosanna Carteri
Dino Lopatto
Goddess Koronoff
Gino Penno
Beniamino Gigli
Music: excerpts from operas by Giacomo Puccini
Francesco Molinari Pradelli - conductor
Fernando Previtali - conductor
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