Movies: Piero Cappuccilli
- 1975
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera (1975)
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This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Piero Cappucili (Renato), Patricia Payne (? - the booklet or DVD fails to credit the singer) (Ulr...
- 1978
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (1978)
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Abbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene, for the inherent subtleties of Verdi’s scoring and for certain rhythmic effects....
- 1978
Il Trovatore - Verdi (1978)
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The gypsy Azucena (Fiorenza Cossotto) takes revenge for her mother who was accused of putting a curse on one of the old Count di Luna's two sons: she decides to abduct the younger child and throw it in the flames. But when she is about to carry out t...
- 1981
Andrea Chenier (1981)
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Although Domingo was younger and Banackova looked more like the sweet and innocent young Madalena than the one played by Tomowa-Sintow in the ROH production, this production was not as good. It was not as tight and neat. The tempo set was far too slo...
- 1976
Verdi: Otello (1976)
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The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago....
- 1985
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (1985)
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The ambiguities of Verdi’s theatre are particularly clear in his baritone roles, among which is that of Boccanegra, corsair turned doge of Genoa and the troubled observer of the conflicts that tore apart 14th century landowners and peasants. An emine...
- 1963
In the Mouth of the Wolf (1963)
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This documentary offers an incomparable glimpse into the Golden Age of opera, as the nervous stars—opera greats Margherita Roberti, Renato Cioni, and Piero Cappuccilli—prepare their new production of Verdi’s Luisa Miller for Parma’s notoriously deman...
- 1973
Andrea Chenier (1973)
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France, 1792. Chenier is an idealistic poet, in love with the aristocratic Maddalena. While Chenier supports such notions as "liberte, fraternite egalite," his sympathies do not extend to the current Reign of Terror. Likewise, the Revolutionary T...
- 1986
Don Carlo (1986)
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A live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera....