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Melvyn Bragg interviews Franco Zeffirelli
1998
Discusses early life in Italy under Fascism, seeing Laurence Olivier in Henry V in 1945, relationship with England, Mary O'Neill and Florence's Scorpioni, Shakespeare, The Scots Guards, early career i...
Zeffirelli directs Pagliacci
1998
Franco Zeffirelli directs a dress rehearsal of Pagliacci for The Washington Opera. Exterior shots of the opera house of The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, with poster for Pagliacci out...
Melvyn Bragg interviews Franco Zeffirelli
1998
Zeffirelli talks about directing Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in The Taming of the Shrew; Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, race in Othello, production design in opera and film, casting choices, G...
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1998
Various shots of stage and actors during rehearsals for Pagliacci; audio intermittent. Zeffirelli talks to the cast about the opera.
Zeffirelli in Israel
1998
Shots of Yitzhak Rabin's memorial by sculptor Yael Ben-Artzi at Rabin's Square in Tel Aviv, with floral tributes, candles and graffiti. Zeffirelli at the memorial, touring the square. Zeffirelli talki...
Content relates to Franco Zeffirelli
1998
Zeffirelli teaches a masterclass in Israel. Exterior shots of theatre with Hebrew poster for La Boheme; footage of performance, Zeffirelli in audience.
Melvyn Bragg interviews Franco Zeffirelli
1998
Zeffirelli talks about directing Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in The Taming of the Shrew; Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, race in Othello, production design in opera and film, casting choices, G...
Melvyn Bragg interviews Franco Zeffirelli
1998
Zeffirelli talks about working with various conductors and singers; Maria Callas, Laurence Olivier, Placido Domingo, new talent in film and theatre. Shots of Zeffirelli's archives and studio, as he ta...