Verdi: The Pursuit and Burden of Success

This major documentary film on the life and work of Giuseppe Verdi is presented by Mark Elder, former Music Director of English National Opera. Stunning location film from Italy and other elements including quotations from Verdi's own correspondence are interspersed with highlights from some of Verdi's most popular operas, sung in Italian and specially staged by American director David Alden.

Director: Barrie Gavin
Director: Maureen Murray
Producer: Maureen Murray
Actor: Bob Peck
Actor: Edmund Barham
Actor: Josephine Barstow
Actor: Juliet Stevenson
Actor: Mark Elder
Actor: Angela Hickey
Actor: Dennis O'Neill
Actor: Edward Byles
Actor: Janice Cairns
Actor: Jonathan Summers
Actor: Paul Nilon
Actor: Peter Sidhom
Actor: Richard van Allan
Actor: Sally Burgess
Actor: Susannah Waters
Actor: Tim Robinson
Actor: Willard White