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Released 18 years ago.
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Puccini: Edgar (Teatro Regio di Torino)
20080 IT
Synopsis
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Puccini’s operas are among the most beloved and best-known works in the classical repertoire, but Edgar may be unknown even to aficionados, at least as it is presented here. This original four-act version of Edgar, first performed in 1889, was believed lost for over a century when Puccini’s granddaughter Simonetta discovered the score fully intact in 2008. In addition to the third act’s funeral music, which Arturo Toscanini conducted at Puccini’s funeral in 1924, listeners may recognize the duet from the now-restored fourth act, cut by Puccini in subsequent revisions of the work: it bears more than a passing similarity to the third-act duet in Tosca.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
José Cura
Edgar
Amarilli Nizza
Fidelia
Julia Gertseva
Tigrana
Marco Vratogna
Frank
Carlo Cigni
Gualtiero
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Lorenzo Mariani
- Languages
- Italian
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The take
Lorenzo Mariani directs. Giacomo Puccini scores. Dialogue in Italian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 18 years ago.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Original score by Giacomo Puccini. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4José Cura and Amarilli Nizza and Julia Gertseva carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt2342694 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Original score
- Giacomo Puccini
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- IT
Also by
Lorenzo Mariani
Key crew
- ConductorYoram David
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2009-09-21
Also known as
International titles
- Giacomo Puccini - EdgarDE
