Opera Fanatic 1/2

Music Documentary / 93 min / 1998
A journey into the underbelly of Italian opera of the Fifties. Stefan Zucker, an eccentric opera fanatic from New York, visits the opera divas of his childhood: megalomaniacs, beauties, vain, fascinating - forgotten by many but worshipped by countless opera lovers around the world. The journey from apartment to apartment, from diva to diva, from Rome via Florence, Bologna, Padua, and Bergamo to the Scala in Milan, turns into an unprecedented opera road movie.
Directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre
Produced by PARS MEDIA
Co-Produced by ZDF/3sat, YLE, NRK, and SF
Supported by MfG and Media II
Prizes at the Munich International Documentary Festival and at Golden Prague (Czech Crystal)
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