At head of title on container: Dustin Hoffman presents. Sara Scuderi ; Giuseppe Manacchini ; Giulietta Simionato. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984. Bonus: photo gallery.
Summary:
Captures the world of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. Featuring Giuseppe Manacchini, Leonida Bellon, Salvatore Locapo, Giovanni Erminio Puligheddu, and Sara Scuderi, its inhabitants are singers many of whom had significant careers on the opera stage, re-living and re-enacting their triumphant roles of the glorious past.
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