Giovanna D'Arco

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Giovanna D'Arco (2016)

Directed by Saskia Boddeke, Peter Greenaway

“Recorded live at Teatro Farnese during the Festival Verdi, 2 to 20 October 2016.”

Music · 2h 07m

With more than 50 years of experience as film director, Peter Greenaway (Nightwatching, Eisenstein in Guanajuato) combines the worlds of film and opera at the Verdi Festival in Parma, demonstrating what magic those two can do together with an all new approach to Giuseppe Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco, staged and edited by himself and his wife, Saskia Boddeke. The opera's libretto is based on Friedrich Schiller's 'The Maid of Orleans'. It tells the story of the French national hero Jeanne d'Arc, who defends her country against the English troops during the Hundred Years' War. Constantly torn between her humble roots, her love for King Charles VII and her heavenly task to fight for France, she gains eternal glory by giving her life in the final, victorious battle against England.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Saskia Boddeke, Peter Greenaway
Writer
Temistocle Solera
Novel
Friedrich Schiller
Editor
Elmer Leupen
Producer
Claudio Speranzini, Magdalena Herbst

Details

Release date
2016-01-01
Runtime
2h 07m
Genres
Music
Original language
EN
Countries
Italy
Production
Teatro Regio di Parma, Luperpedia Foundation, Unitel