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Zeffirelli, Franco

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | Copyright

Zeffirelli, Franco [ Franco Corsi] (b Florence, 1923). It. producer and designer. Began as actor, but became ass. to Visconti. Turned to opera 1948. Prod., La Cenerentola, La Scala 1953. CG Début 1959 (Lucia di Lammermoor). Other CG prods. incl. Falstaff (1961), Don Giovanni and Alcina (1962), and Tosca (1964). Glyndebourne 1961 (L'elisir d'amore). Amer. Début, Dallas 1958 (La traviata for Callas). NY Met Début 1964 (Falstaff). Prod. and designed Barber's Antony and Cleopatra (1966), first opera at new Met. Prods. notable for extravagant Romantic realism. Made films of La traviata (1983) and Otello (1986), both operas being cut.

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