The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini

Overview

Eva-Maria Westbroek stars in the title role of Zandonai’s sensuous drama, opposite Marcello Giordani as Paolo. Piero Faggioni’s lush production provides the perfect setting for one of the all-time great tales of tragic passion, adapted from an episode in Dante’s Inferno. Mark Delavan co-stars as Giovanni, the husband and brother of the star-crossed lovers, whose jealousy leads him to kill them both. Robert Brubaker is Malatestino and Marco Armiliato conducts.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 16, 2013

Original language

English

Cast

Patricia Risley,Hugo Vera,Marcello Giordani,Eva-Maria Westbroek,Sondra Radvanovsky,Keith Jameson,Dina Kuznetsova,John Moore,Ginger Costa-Jackson,Dísella Lárusdóttirand 5 more

Writer

Dante Alighieri,Gabriele D'Annunzio,Tito Ricordi

Producer

Victoria Warivonchik,Louisa Briccetti,Peter Gelb

Music

Riccardo Zandonai

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt2777536