This man was the stage director of the 1964 Royal Opera House productions of Tosca starring Maria Callas.
This man was the stage director of the 1964 Royal Opera House productions of Tosca starring Maria Callas. He directed Judi Bowker as Clare in a biopic starring Graham Faulkner as Francis of Assisi. The character of Zerah portrayed by Ian Holm was invented for a 1977 miniseries directed by this man, with a title character played by Robert Powell. This director of Brother Sun, Sister Moon and Jesus of Nazareth also directed the Richard Burton-Elizabeth Taylor adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew and Mel Gibson's version of Hamlet. He's best known for a 1968 film whose "Love Theme" was composed by Nino Rota - that film stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, the latter of whom spends some nine minutes talking with her lover in a low-cut dress in the Balcony Scene. FTP, name this Italian director of 1968's Romeo and Juliet.
This man was the stage director of the 1964 Royal Opera House productions of Tosca starring Maria Callas.
Franco Zeffirelli [or Gianfranco Corsi]