Feature: Met Turandot finale
The Fool and The Opera (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Check out the grand finale of the recent Franco Zeffirelli production of Turandot at the New York Met.
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Racette hosts stunning Turandot
The Fool and The Opera (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Out lesbian and award-winning soprano Patricia Racette proved to be an insightful, if not delightful, host of the latest presentation by The Met in HD, Puccini's mammoth Turandot. The production and set design is by the renowned gay director Franco Zeffirelli and it shows the possibilities of a large budget. Racette conducted intervews with all four principals, veteran bass Samuel Ramey...
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Letters: Life's a gas
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... on taking part. Mark Farrell Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland • When Judi Dench appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's 1960 production of Romeo and Juliet her parents went to see a performance at the Old Vic ( Letters , 23 November). Juliet's despairing cry of "Where are my father and my mother, Nurse?" was met by a response from the stalls: "Here we are darling, in row...
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Turandot Synopsis - Watch Puccini's opera for a day
The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The broadcast of Puccini's opera Turandot will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres. Director Franco Zeffirelli's breathtaking production of Puccini's last opera is a favorite of the Met repertoire.The Metropolitan Opera: TurandotLength: 3 hours, 25 minutesTurandot Synopsis from the Metropolitan Opera: ACT I. Peking,...
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Photography: Once Upon A Time, postcards from the 1960s jet set
The First Post (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Marina Cicogna is one of Italy's premier film producers, working with the likes of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Zeffirelli and Sergio Leone on films such as Once…
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'Mohammed' - The Second Greatest Story Ever Told
Archbishop Cranmer (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... always portrayed as being fully human, even though he is fully God. But then Cecil B DeMille and Franco Zeffirelli had no fear of death threats and no expectation of fatal sieges . Although there is no chalcedonian dispute going on about the divinity of Mohammed, the reverence and respect accorded to him by the western media constitutes elevation to that status: the Christian blasphemy...
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The Gospel for the Feast of All Saints: The Beatitudes
The New Liturgical Movement (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... however, I still wish to share a clip from one of my favourite films on the life of Christ, Franco Zeffirelli's, Jesus of Nazareth . In that film, there is a particularly moving scene -- of many moving scenes -- where the Sermon on the Mount is acted out in part. Those of you who have a copy of the Catena Aurea or the Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers may wish to read the commentaries...
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BFI IMAX - November '09 highlights include Batman all-nighter
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... 2009/2010 programme. The next transmission is Turandot on Saturday, November 7 at 6pm, director Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production of Giacomo Puccini’s last opera. Also drawing the crowds, making for a lively and good-spirited atmosphere, is the monthly BFI Film Quiz . The next one takes place on Wednesday, November 11 at 7.30pm in the Café Bar on the Ground Floor. Prizes...
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Bow Down to La Principessa: Lise Lindstrom For the Save
Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Earlier tonight, the Metropolitan Opera opened the 1987 Franco Zeffirelli revival of Puccini’s Turandot. Russian soprano Maria Guleghina was scheduled...