La Traviata details
Movie Details:
- Director: Franco Zeffirelli
- Produced By: Accent Entertainment
- Year: 1982
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Country: Italy
- Language: Italian
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Musical
- Filmed In: Color
- Release: 1983 02 18 (Italy)
- Key Cast: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Alan Monk, Axelle Gall, Pina Cei, Robert Sommer, Ricardo Oneto, Full Credits
- Awards: Best Art Direction (British Academy of Film and Television 1983), Best Costume Design (British Academy of Film and Television 1983), Best Foreign Film (National Board of Review 1983), Full Awards
Tenor Plácido Domingo and soprano Teresa Stratas star in director Franco Zeffirelli's lushly cinematic version of Verdi's opera La Traviata ("The Woman Gone Astray"), a story of doomed love in 1840s Paris. Violetta (Stratas), who is the mistress of a wealthy baron, hosts a lavish party to celebrate her improved health after a bout with tuberculosis. There she meets Alfredo (Domingo) and becomes smitten with him as he, she, and the guests join in the famous "Drinking Song." Violetta leaves the baron, and she and Alfredo move into a secluded country villa together, where they live happily for a while. But unknown to Alfredo, his father (baritone Cornell MacNeil) convinces Violetta that continuing her relationship with Alfredo will prevent Alfredo's sister from making a good marriage. With great sadness, Violetta decides that she must not only break permanently with Alfredo, she must keep him at a distance by returning to the baron. Misunderstanding her motives, Alfredo goes into a jealous rage that leads to tragic consequences. by Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Keywords:
- father
- jealousy
- mistress
- sacrifice
- star-crossed-lovers
- tuberculosis
- baron [nobility]
Themes:
- Star-Crossed Lovers
