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Callas Forever 2002 2 stars

    N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Jay Rodan, Gabriel Garko, Manuel de Blas, Justino Diaz, Jean Dalric, Stephen Billington, Anna Lelio

  Later days in the life of opera diva Maria Callas (Fanny Ardant) are the focus of this fictionalized tribute to Callas, which was written and directed by her friend of 20 years, Franco Zeffirelli. In this story, she loses her voice and is talked into making a video on which her voice from a past performance will be used as a lip-sync.

Otello 1986 3 and a half stars

    PG, 122 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz, Petra Malakova, Urbano Barberini, Massimo Foschi

  Placido Domingo is magnificent as Shakespeare's Otello in Verdi's opera about the Venetian Moor who marries the beautiful Desdemona (Katia Ricciarelli) and then is tricked into killing her.

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1. Callas Forever (2002)
2. Otello (1986)

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