RUNNING TIME: 3:15
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2012
STARRING: Lucy Crowe, Barbara Frittoli, Elina Garanca, Kate Lindsey
DIRECTOR: Harry Bicket
PRODUCER(S): Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
WRITER(S): Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Mozart’s final Italian opera, La Clemenza di Tito, features a charismatic cast conducted by Baroque specialist Harry Bicket and led by Giuseppe Filianoti as the title character, a Roman emperor. Barbara Frittoli is the vengeful Vitellia, daughter of a deposed ruler, whose plan to assassinate Tito is complicated by her romance with the young nobleman Sesto, sung by Elina Garanca. Kate Lindsey and Lucy Crowe co-star as the young lovers Annio and Servilia. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s stylized production is one of the legendary director’s most acclaimed stagings.