"Il bacio di Tosca" is an amazing and deeply touching movie directed by Daniel Schmid in 1984.
"Before he died in 1902, Giuseppe Verdi inaugurated a home for retired
artists in Milan, a project he had worked on for some time. This home is
maintained by the Friends of the Casa Verdi, after Verdi's royalties
that supported the home ran out in the 1960s. Director Daniel Schmid
interviews several of the operatic stars living there in 1984: Sara
Scuderi, Giuseppe Manachini, Leonida Bellon, and the composer and
conductor Puligheddu. The singers reminisce about their past and display
an
independent, extroverted
spirit that does not need rehearsing to come alive. Both Verdi fans and
opera aficionados will especially enjoy this "off-stage" look at a group
of performers in retirement."
Eleanor Mannikka
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