- Source: Il Bacio di Tosca
Il Bacio di Tosca (Tosca's Kiss in the US) is a 1984 film directed by Daniel Schmid, a documentary of life in the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti of Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. The New York Times review called it "Bravissimo!"
Dustin Hoffman cited Il Bacio di Tosca as a direct inspiration for his 2012 film Quartet.
Plot
The film follows retired soprano Sara Scuderi and the other tenants of the retirement home, as they re-live and re-enact the roles which made them famous.
Cast
Sara Scuderi
Giuseppe Manacchini
Giulietta Simionato
Leonida Bellon
Salvatore Locapo
Giovanni Puligheddu
Della Benning
Cesare Perugia
Giuseppina Sani
Giulia Scaramelli
Awards
The film received the Georges Delerue Prize for Best Musical Documentary at the Ghent International Film Festival in 1985 and the International Documentary Association IDA Award in 1986.
References
External links
Il Bacio di Tosca at IMDb
Il Bacio di Tosca at Classical.Net
Il Bacio di Tosca Archived 2010-12-08 at the Wayback Machine at Daniel Schmid's pages
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daniel Schmid
- Carmine Gallone
- Liana Del Balzo
- Il Bacio di Tosca
- Adriano Celentano
- Casa di Riposo per Musicisti
- Giulietta Simionato
- Outline of opera
- Daniel Schmid
- 70th Venice International Film Festival
- Sara Scuderi
- Deaths in August 2006
- Carmen Consoli
