Film
The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini
- Year
- 2013
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.
Top cast
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Francesca
Marcello Giordani
Paolo Malatesta
Mark Delavan
Giovanni
Robert Brubaker
Malatestino
Dina Kuznetsova
Samaritana
Sondra Radvanovsky
Self - Host
John Moore
Simonetto
Dísella Lárusdóttir
Garsenda
Caitlin Lynch
Biancofiore
Patricia Risley
Altichiara
Renée Tatum
Adonella
Ginger Costa-Jackson
Smaragdi
Philip Horst
Ostasio
Keith Jameson
Ser Toldo Berardengo
Mark Delavan
Giovanni (Gianciotto)
Hugo Vera
An archer
Robert Brubaker
A prisoner
Written by
Gabriele D'Annunzio, Tito Ricordi
