2010 Franco Zeffirelli: Complete Works

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Slipcase

First edition. Illustrated throughout with over seven hundred and fifty images. The complete works of Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli, an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician who was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post–Second World War era. Separated into three sections: theatre, opera, and film. Exploring an unparalleled career spanning more than sixty years. Includes a DVD in a pocket at the rear of the text which contains: Franco Zeffirelli - The Art of Entertainment, Firenze (a short film to mark the 1990 World Cup in Italy), Rome or Omaggio a Roma (a homage to the Eternal City), and PDF files of comprehensive cast lists and reviews of Zeffirelli's work. Edited by Caterina Napoleone, an art historian based in Rome and publisher who, in 2009, was Zeffirelli’s historical adviser on his Omaggio a Roma, a short film about the Eternal City. With a preface by Zeffirelli.