--- title: 'La Traviata (1982)' type: 'film' director: 'Franco Zeffirelli' released: '1982-01-01' runtime_minutes: 103 genres: - 'Music' countries: - 'Italy' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-traviata-1982' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084821/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # La Traviata (1982) 1982 · 103 min · Music · Italy Original title: La traviata ## Synopsis La Traviata is a 1982 Italian film written, designed, and directed by Franco Zeffirelli. It is based on the 1853 opera La traviata with music by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Soprano Teresa Stratas, tenor Plácido Domingo, and baritone Cornell MacNeil starred in the movie, in addition to singing their roles. The film premiered in Italy in 1982 and went into general release there the following year. It opened in theatres in the U.S. on April 22, 1983. The movie's soundtrack, with James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. ## Credits - **Director:** [Franco Zeffirelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-zeffirelli) - **Screenplay:** [Franco Zeffirelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-zeffirelli), [Francesco Maria Piave](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-maria-piave) - **Original Music Composer:** [Giuseppe Verdi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-verdi) - **Producer:** [Tarak Ben Ammar](https://cinepixo.com/people/tarak-ben-ammar) - **Director of Photography:** [Ennio Guarnieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-guarnieri) - **Editor:** [Peter Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-taylor) ## Cast - [Renato Cestiè](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-cestie) - [Allan Monk](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-monk) - [Pina Cei](https://cinepixo.com/people/pina-cei) - [Plácido Domingo](https://cinepixo.com/people/placido-domingo) - [Cornell MacNeil](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornell-macneil) - [Vladimir Vasiliev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-vasiliev) - [Teresa Stratas](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-stratas) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-traviata-1982 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1056912); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.