Pier Luigi Pizzi

Most Popular Pier Luigi Pizzi Trailers

Total trailers found: 53

Federico Fellini's Mysterious Journey Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Documentary

The Harem Trailer (1967)

06 October 1967

A seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.

Il Crociato in Egitto Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Meyerbeer opera with Emmanuel Villaume conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro La Fenice di Venezia directed by Pier Lui.

I cuori infranti Trailer (1963)

21 November 1963

Two surreal/satirical comedy episodes.

It Was I Trailer (1973)

15 March 1973

A humble Milanese window-cleaner with dreams of magazine and TV fame accuses himself of the murder of a soprano from La Scala.

Violanta - Korngold Trailer (2020)

28 February 2020

Seeking revenge for her sister’s suicide, Violanta vows to have her seducer killed. As hatred turns to love, can they still escape the deadly fate she has plotted herself? Set during the carnival in Venice, Violanta is Korngold’s second opera, composed at the tender age of 17.

Catch As Catch Can Trailer (1967)

26 October 1967

Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!

Die Tote Stadt Trailer (2009)

29 January 2009

"Die tote Stadt" is a psychologically layered drama with Hitchcock-like features, about Paul who, after the loss of his beloved Marie, slowly but surely becomes entangled in a dream world of obsessions and delusions.

La Bohème Trailer (1977)

14 March 1977

Puccini’s heartbreaking story of young love in the garrets of Belle Epoque Paris has attracted many famous singers through the years.

I due Foscari Trailer (1988)

15 January 1988

Live from La Scala 1989

The Joy of Living Trailer (1961)

11 May 1961

Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. He drops the offer he gets from a group of fascists to go in with the Fossatis, a family of anarchists (unknown to him).

A Maiden for the Prince Trailer (1965)

26 October 1965

Young Prince Vincenzo Gonzaga, rejects his first wife Margherita Farnese, obtaining the annulment ofy

Shack and puppets Trailer (1954)

30 August 1954

An inhabitant of the Moon, crashed on the Earth due to the violent shock caused by an atomic experiment, remains amazed by the discovery of this planet and gives life to a puppet, begging him to introduce him into the world of men.

Tancredi Trailer (1992)

01 June 1992

Live performance from Schwetzinger Festspiele, 1992. Based on Voltaire's tragedy, TANCREDI is a story of innocence wronged set against a backdrop of Turks at war with Syracuse.

La calda vita Trailer (1964)

25 February 1964

Attractive teenager Sergia usually hangs out with her older sister and her circle of mature friends. For a change, she is convinced by two teenage male friends to go for a beach vacation.

Vivaldi Orlando Furioso Trailer (2001)

22 May 2001

For those with any interest in Vivaldi's operas Orlando Furioso is essential viewing, being a 1989 San Francisco Opera revival by Pier Luigi Pizzi of his own 1979 production which was largely responsible for beginning modern interest in Vivaldi's stage work.

The Condemned of Altona Trailer (1962)

30 October 1962

A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire.

Pleasant Nights Trailer (1966)

12 October 1966

A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.

Soldier of Fortune Trailer (1976)

19 February 1976

Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is traveling through Europe with his partners looking for a fight where they can earn some money.

Made in Italy Trailer (1965)

22 December 1965

A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.

After the Fox Trailer (1966)

08 September 1966

A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.

Les Contes d'Hoffmann Trailer (2004)

01 August 2004

Live peformance from the Sferisterio Opera Festival, August 2004. Our edition has an Italian cast of exceptional quality, in which stand out the amazing voice of Desirée Rancatore, the extraordinary artistry of Ruggiero Raimondi and the fascinating direction of Pier Luigi Pizzi, one of today's most creative directors.

The Witch Trailer (1966)

16 September 1966

A historian goes to a castle library to translate some ancient erotic literature. While there he discovers what he believes to be supernatural forces at work.

The Wild Eye Trailer (1967)

31 August 1967

A film documentarian stops at nothing to record unusual and supposedly true-to-life situations.

From a Roman Balcony Trailer (1960)

29 October 1960

The ironic study of a young man's poignant adventures and sensual adventures...based on "Roman Tales" by Alberto Moravia.

Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) - Arena di Verona Trailer (2014)

08 August 2014

The Queens Trailer (1966)

21 April 1966

Four comedic shorts explore quirky relationships and misadventures: a teenage girl's journey home, a self-serving babysitter, a husband confronting infidelity, and a wealthy woman's drunken escapades with her butler.

Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza Trailer (2003)

13 October 2003

Discover this rare Verdian jewel! Aroldo—one of the composer’s least performed works—premiered in 1857 in Rimini, Italy.

Weber - Euryanthe Trailer (2004)

06 December 2004

Carl Maria von Weber's romantic opera staged at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari in 2002. Gérard Korsten leads the Orchestra and Chorus, with performances by Elena Prokina, Jolana Fogasova and Yikun Chung.

La Gioconda Trailer (2005)

17 June 2005

Live from the Arena di Verona 2005

Alceste - Teatro La Fenice Trailer (2020)

03 April 2020

At death’s door, a beloved king is doomed unless someone takes his place. So then his wife resolves to sacrifice herself to save him.

Nabucco Trailer (1977)

30 May 1977

A groundbreaking production of Verdi's masterpiece and its first video recording. Recorded live in Florence in 1977.

Il borghese gentiluomo Trailer (1959)

16 January 1959

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Trailer (1998)

16 January 1998

Among the greatest operas in Richard Strauss's oeuvre, "Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose)" spins the tale of the Marschallin (Elizabeth Whitehouse), a dowager struggling with old age.

Adultery Italian Style Trailer (1966)

25 March 1966

A betrayed wife decides to teach her philandering husband a lesson in this riotous farce. Marta (Catherine Spaak) discovers that husband Franco (Nino Manfredi) has been stepping out with her own best friend (Maria Grazia Buccella), and gets revenge by inventing an imaginary lover.

White Voices Trailer (1964)

12 August 1964

In 18th-century Rome, a young man in a choir of castrati falls for the beautiful wife of a powerful aristocrat.

Maometto secondo Trailer (2005)

01 November 2005

Maometto II (or Maometto secondo) is an 1820 opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Cesare della Valle.

Footprints on the Moon Trailer (1975)

01 February 1975

Alice, a young translator, finds the real world slowly merging with her recurring nightmares as she tries to solve the puzzle of her recent memory loss.

Thrilling Trailer (1965)

21 October 1965

An anthology film / black comedy about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes.

The Sea Trailer (1962)

08 March 1962

A well known actor comes to off-season Capri to unwind and meets a young man. The attraction is immediate and mutual but before their relationship can get off the ground, an alluring woman with a spontaneous sexuality and care free attitude joins the triangle and the boy is slowly pushed out of the picture.

Long Night in '43 Trailer (1960)

15 September 1960

1943. The affair between Anna, unhappily married to wheelchair-bound Pino, and deserter Franco unfolds in foggy Ferrara, intertwining with the power struggle taking place within local Fascist ranks that culminates in a massacre of civilians, including Franco's father – Pino sees it all from his window, but will he tell anyone?

Pigeon Shoot Trailer (1961)

25 May 1961

Young man Marco Laudato, after the '8/9/1943's WW2 armistice, enlists in the Italian Social Republic army, attending the last days of the old regime in decay.

Britten: Death in Venice Trailer (2010)

01 November 2010

A staging of Britten's opera filmed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in June 2008.

The Girl Who Couldn't Say No Trailer (1968)

26 September 1968

Childhood friends Franco and Jolanda accidentally meet again after 15 years and both know it is love.

Ponchielli: La Gioconda Trailer (2006)

28 August 2006

American soprano Deborah Voigt takes the lead role in this production of Ponchielli's opera recorded live at Barcelona's Gran Teatre Del Liceu in 2005.

I vespri Siciliani Trailer (1990)

02 January 1990

The story revolves around a Sicilian rebellion against the French, fueled by themes of oppression, freedom, and the personal costs of conflict.

I vespri siciliani Trailer (2010)

20 October 2010

In March 1282, in Palermo during the Easter celebrations. Duchess Hélène, whose brother has been sentenced to death, is forced by a French soldier to sing.

Rossini: Tancredi Trailer (2005)

21 October 2005

From the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Un giorno di regno Trailer (2010)

31 January 2010

Part of Tutto Verdi series - Un giorno di regno (2010) Parma. 'Un giorno di regno, ossia il finto Stanislao' ('A One-Day Reign, or The Pretend Stanislaus', but often translated into English as 'King for a Day') is an operatic melodramma giocoso in two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto written in 1818 by Felice Romani.

Madama Butterfly - Macerata Trailer (2011)

28 June 2011

The story of Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly, a young Nagasaki geisha who, abandoned by her American lover after giving birth to their son, ultimately kills herself, continues to impress audiences today.

Ponchielli: La Gioconda - Opéra National de Paris Trailer (2013)

26 May 2013

Handel - Rinaldo Trailer (2021)

21 May 2021

George Frideric Handel was one of those rare composers who excelled in both sacred, secular, instrumental and operatic music, leaving us extraordinary masterpieces in every field.

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Trailer (2012)

01 March 2012

L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi is the last Opera of the Monteverdi trilogy filmed by the Italian label and producer Dynamic at the Teatro Real, Madrid, May 2010.