Mario Del Monaco

First Love (1978)

Ugo is an old actor who feels too young to be in an "old actor's house". He just can't stand the rules of the other old people so he escapes with a young girl. ...

Il nero (1966)

The events in Naples of a few 'figli della Madonna' (Madonna's sons), young people born between 1945 and 1946 from the relationship between the local women and Afro-American soldiers. ...

Del Monaco: Andrea Chenier (1961)

Renowned tenor Mario Del Monaco sings the lead in this production of Umberto Giordano's opera based on the life of French poet Andrea Chénier. With his unique vocal technique, Del Monaco brings a vibrant power to the title role, matched by complex and cha ...

Mario Del Monaco: Pagliacci (1961)

The incomparable tenor Mario Del Monaco in his breathtaking 1961 live performance in Japan with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Italian Opera Chorus, the Fujiwara Opera Chorus, and the Tokyo Choraliers, all under the direction of Giuseppe Morelli. ...

Schlussakkord (1960)

Otello (1958)

This 1958 filmed version of Verdi's masterful Otello stars Mario Del Monaco, perhaps the greatest Otello of the 21st century, as the tragic moor who is consumed by jealousy thanks to the machinations of the villainous Jago. ...

Il Trovatore (1957)

Features: Mario Del Monaco Leyla Gencer Ettore Bastianini Fedora Barbieri Laura Londi Plinio Clabassi Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano dell RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana ...

Beautiful But Dangerous (1955)

Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to Paris where she becomes the star of the "Folies-Plastiques". ...

House of Ricordi (1954)

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws th ...

Guai ai vinti (1954)

A young woman, her sister-in-law and her ten year old daughter are violently traumatised by invading Austrian soldiers. Later, in Verona, both woman discover they are pregnant. After a suicide attempt, one has an abortion the other keeps her child - and bo ...

Giuseppe Verdi (1953)

The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas. ...

Immortal Melodies (1952)

The Young Caruso (1951)

This music filled biopic follows the life of the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso from childhood poverty in Naples to the beginning of his rise to fame. ...

The Man with the Grey Glove (1948)

A famous painting by Antonello da Messina, "the man with a gray glove", has been entrusted to an old restorer. When, subsequently, the painting is withdrawn from the restorer's studio and exposed, the art critic Drago discovers that it is not the original, ...