Puccini: The Cloak ( Puccini: Il Tabarro )

Puccini: The Cloak (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Puccini: Il Tabarro
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
46 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1966 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Patricia Foy

Written By:
Patricia Foy

Actors:
Tito Gobbi ..... Michele
Charles Craig ..... Luigi
John Lanigan ..... Il 'Tinca'
Eric Garrett ..... Il 'Talpa'
Marie Collier ..... Giorgetta

Synopsis:

A BBC programme from its series 'Great Characters in Opera', produced by Patricia Foy and broadcast in 1966. Subtitles in Italian and English. Tito Gobbi interprets and remembers the role of Michele, with Charles Craig as Luigi, John Lanigan as Il 'Tinca', and the New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Downes. The DVD additionally has the bonus of Tito Gobbi in 'Nulla ... silenzio ...' from a 1963 recital recorded by RAI Italian Television.

Il tabarro is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on Didier Gold's play La houppelande. It is the first of the trio of operas known as Il trittico.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 April, 2016.