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Stiffelio / by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Francesco Maria Piava.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
- Series:
- Opera in video
- Standardized Title:
- Stiffelio
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (122 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- [United Kingdom] : Opus Arte, 2008.
- Language Note:
- Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Stiffelio, a pastor persecuted for his beliefs, takes refuge in the castle of his follower Count Stankar and marries Lina, the Count's daughter. When Lina is unfaithful to him and Stankar desires vengeance, Stiffelio intervenes, insisting that a Christian is bound to forgive, and accepts his wife's contrition.
- Participant:
- Directed for the stage by Elijah Moshinsky ; [television] producer, Jane Pleydell-Bouverie ; directed for television by Brian Large; a co-production between The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, BBC-TV, Covent Garden Pioneer.
- Notes:
- Libretto after the play Le pasteur by Emile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois.
- Opera in 3 acts.
- Synopsis and credits (6 p.).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Opera in video). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 649688697
- Publisher Number:
- OA R3103 D Opus Arte
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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