Luca Ronconi

Special Infinities (2013)

documentary on the play Infinities ...

In cerca d'autore. Studio sui Sei personaggi (2012)

The study of "Six Characters in search of an author" that Luca Ronconi conducted for three years in his summer creative workshop with the students of the National Academy of Dramatic Art. ...

Il Trittico (2008)

Juan Pons, Barbara Frittoli, Mariana Lipovsek, and Leo Nucci star in this 2008 La Scala production of the Puccini trilogy (Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi) conducted by Riccardo Chailly. ...

Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff (2007)

Ruggero Raimondi and Barbara Frittoli star in this 2006 production of the Verdi opera with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Giuseppe Verdi's last opera is given new life in this production by Luca Ronconi. Utilizing the sights and so ...

Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon (2003)

Live from La Scala Wednesday 10 December 2003 ...

Tosca (2000)

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. This version is conducted by Riccardo Muti at La Scala, Milan. ...

The Last Days of Humanity (1991)

The last days of humanity by Karl Kraus, a mammoth drama - almost 800 pages in the Adelphi edition - staged by Luca Ronconi in the Lingotto in Turin, broadcast by Rai ...

Guglielmo Tell (1988)

Live from La Scala Wednesday 14 December 1988. ...

I Vespri Siciliani (1986)

I Vespri Siciliani must me Verdi's most underrated masterpiece. Most people are put off by the fact that it has 5 acts, therefore they conclude that it must be incredibly long. It is long but not as long as some people may fear as most of the acts are unde ...

Aida (1985)

La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most important for a video recording, a larger-than-life staging. The Triumph Scene in Act II is by no means Aida's only attraction, but it is the part ...

Il viaggio a Reims (1984)

The historic 1984 revival performance of Il viaggio a Reims was the first time in over 150 years the opera was performed. Set in a luxurious hotel in Plombières-les-Bains, the opera follows a diverse group of aristocratic characters as they gather to cele ...

Verdi Ernani (1982)

It truly is an historic performance. Domingo looking and singing like a god pouring out golden tones; Renato Bruson sounds, like the sublime Verdian Baritone that he was at that time; Nicolai Ghiaurov proves again that he was one of the greatest "Verdi Bas ...

John Gabriel Borkman (1982)

John Gabriel Borkman, a former bank director, was imprisoned for fraud but believes he was wrongly convicted. He had invested clients' money in a major industrial venture but was reported by his friend Hinkel, who was in love with Borkman's former fiancée ...

Nabucco (1977)

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

Orestea (1972)

The story of the "Oresteia" begins with King Agamemnon's return to Argos after the fall of Troy. The chorus, composed of old Argives, recalls the sacrifice offered to the gods by Agamemnon, in Aulis, of his daughter Iphigenia to gain their favor. ...

The Man Who Laughs (1966)

This loose adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic shifts the story to Italy and back in time, with the deformed protagonist meeting Lucrezia Borgia instead of Queen Anne. Also, Gwynplaine is renamed Angelo (Jean Sorel) with his disfigurement represented by ...

Uberto degli specchi (2016)

La scuola d'estate (2014)

Documentary follows the experimental drama course given by the old Italian theatre and opera legend Lucio Ronconi every summer in a remote corner of Umbria, where young, dedicated acting talent rehearse several plays. ...

Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi (1977)

A documentary about director Luca Ronconi. He is asked about his life and his choice to devote himself to theater and in particular, at that precise moment in his career, to undertake the production of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Calderon as part of the Prato th ...

Prepotenti più di prima (1959)

Returning from his honeymoon, Marcella finds out she is pregnant. The to-be grandparents fight on where the baby will be born and on his name. The parents of the baby, tired of those fights, run away to Milan. ...

I prepotenti (1958)

Cesare, from Rome, and Mimì, from Naples, don't agree with their children marriage, so the young couple runs away from their home. ...

Modern Virgin (1954)

The young Claudia wants to escape from the gray life of the province and aims rich men but each time with unhappy results. Only the brother will eventually succeed in shaking her from this purpose. ...

100 Years of Love (1954)

Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history. ...