Renata Scotto
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Savona, Liguria, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: February 24, 1934
Age: 91 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: August 16, 2023
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Lucia di Lammermoor
Overview: Legendary opera stars Renata Scotto and Carlo Bergonzi are in peak form in this magnificent live 1967 performance of Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece. The cast also includes Mario Zanasi as Enrico and Plinio Clabassi as Raimondo. The NHK Symphony Orchestra and Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus are under the direction of Maestro Bruno Bartoletti.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Overview: All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by James Levine and his top-flight cast. Plácido Domingo is Des Grieux, the handsome, headstrong young aristocrat who falls head over heels for the enticing, impetuous Manon Lescaut (Renata Scotto). Manon returns his love, but her obsession with luxury ruins them both. Gian Carlo Menotti’s opulent production, with sets and costumes by Desmond Heeley, superbly captures the colorful world of 18th century France.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-03-29
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Puccini: La bohème
Overview: "La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera. This production, directed by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli, features José Carreras, Teresa Stratas, Renata Scotto and Richard Stilwell. The opera is replete with extraordinary visual beauty as it presents the tragic story of young bohemians struggling to make it in the world.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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La Bohème
Overview: Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many famous singers through the years. But with James Levine at the helm and the starry duo of Luciano Pavarotti and Renata Scotto as Rodolfo and Mimi, every bit of emotion in the score pours across the footlights and seduces the audience. In this case, the audience was in the millions since this was the very first in the “Live from the Met” series of telecasts. The evocative production is by Fabrizio Melano, designed by Pier Luigi Pizzi.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-03-14
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Francesca da Rimini
Overview: Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-04-07
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Don Carlo
Overview: Don Carlo (1980) Metropolitan Opera. Verdi / italian. King Philip's court is plagued by rebels, family squabbles and intrigue. The Spanish Inquisition tries to exert its influence. The tension finally ignites at the King's coronation, where heretics are to be burned at the stake
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-02-21
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Il trittico
Overview: A trio of operas in three short stories - the first a gruesome murder melodrama, the second is a passionate tearjerker, and the third is a dark comedy of death and an inheritance. Each story is strikingly different from the preceding one.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-14
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La Traviata
Overview: Few singers have plumbed the depths of the role of Violetta as did she incomparable soprano Renata Scotto. Her interpretation surprises with fresh insights at every turn, illuminating aspects of the character that are latent in the libretto and the schore but rarely dramatized with such completeness. For example, when Germont meets Violetta, he is immediately struck by her strong bearing ( Quai modi! , he exclaims in an aside).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-17
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Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera
Overview: Renata Scotto is the innocent Luisa, very much in love with Rodolfo (Plácido Domingo in one of his best roles). But he turns out to be the son of the Count Walter (Bonaldo Giaiotti), who has other plans for his aristocratic boy. Enter the evil Wurm (James Morris) whose blackmail eventually backfires, destroying the young lovers despite everything Luisa's father (Sherrill Milnes in a superb performance) does to protect her. James Levine's affectionate conducting and director Nathaniel Merrill's production help make this a performance to treasure.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-01-20
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Otello - The Met
Overview: Jon Vickers was one of the most magnetic singing actors of the 20th century and Otello one of his greatest roles. He understood how to combine Shakespeare’s rich characterization and Verdi’s dramatic music to create an overwhelming figure, one whose death left audiences deeply shaken. Vickers is perfectly partnered by James Levine’s conducting and the Met’s sensational orchestra and chorus. Renata Scotto is an appealing Desdemona, Cornell MacNeil is a menacing Iago, and Franco Zeffirelli’s production is deservedly legendary.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-25
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La Gioconda - Ponchielli
Overview: Rare recording of the 1979 San Francisco performance of La Gioconda by Ponchielli
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Primadonna or Nothing
Overview: From the first steps of an emerging singer to the final bow of a celebrated soprano, 'PRIMADONNA OR NOTHING' follows three relentless women who sacrifice everything to be an opera star.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-10
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