The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini
- Released on
- Runtime
- 144 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Eva-Maria Westbroek
- Marcello Giordani
- Mark Delavan
- Robert Brubaker
- Dina Kuznetsova
- Sondra Radvanovsky
- John Moore
- Dísella Lárusdóttir
- Caitlin Lynch
- Patricia Risley
- Renée Tatum
- Ginger Costa-Jackson
- Philip Horst
- Keith Jameson
- Mark Delavan
- Hugo Vera
- Robert Brubaker
Director
Producers
- Louisa Briccetti
- Victoria Warivonchik
