Casta Diva
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A romanticized biography of Bellini
Maurice Ronet, Antonella Lualdi, Nadia Gray. Voices of Mancini, G. Poggi, Neri, Matera, Formichi, De Fabritiis; Chor. & Orch. of the Rome Opera; Gallone, dir. Pirata, Sonnambula, Norma, Lucia. In English. Beautiful print. (1954). 98m. Technicolor.
DVD Region 0 (all regions) PCM audio.
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The film offers an account of Bellini from his days as a student at the Naples conservatory through the premiere of Norma. Caterina Mancini had a cello-like, Ponselle-like voice, slightly throaty, mysterious. Hers was the most luscious Italian soprano of the 50s. —Stefan Zucker