by Matthew Tobey
synopsis
Perhaps best known as the director of such films as Tea With Mussolini and 1968's Oscar-winning Romeo and Juliet, Franco Zeffirelli is also a Tony Award winner and has made a name for himself for his work on the stage. With direction and set design by Zeffirelli, this release from TDK Mediactive features a 2001 performance of Giuseppe Verdi's classic opera Aida.
characteristics
- Self-sacrifice
- Princess
- Love Triangles
- Slave Girl
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Traitor
- Tomb
- Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance
- Forbidden Love
- Commander
- Commandant
- Egypt
- Escape
- Father
- Ethiopian [nationality]
