Il bacio di Tosca / T & C Film SA, Zurigo, Hans-Ulrich Jordi, Marcel Hoehn, in coproduzione con RTSI/SSR ; film di Daniel Schmid.

Captures the world of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. Featuring Giuseppe Manacchini, Leonida Bellon, Salvatore Locapo, Giovanni Erminio Puligheddu, and Sara Scuderi, its inhabitants ar...

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Other Authors: Scuderi, Sara, 1906-1987 (Performer), Manacchini, Giuseppe, 1902-1990 (Performer), Simionato, Giulietta (Performer)
Format: Video
Language:Italian
English
Published: [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2019]
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Summary:Captures the world of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. Featuring Giuseppe Manacchini, Leonida Bellon, Salvatore Locapo, Giovanni Erminio Puligheddu, and Sara Scuderi, its inhabitants are singers many of whom had significant careers on the opera stage, re-living and re-enacting their triumphant roles of the glorious past.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: T & C Film AG, ©1984.
Digitally restored by Cinémathèque suisse.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (87 min.) : sound, color
Audience:8 and up.
Production Credits:Fotografia, Renato Berta ; montaggio, Daniela Roderer.
Participant or Performer:Sara Scuderi, Giuseppe Manacchini, Giulietta Simionato, and others.
Language:In Italian with English subtitles.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 26, 2019).