Franco Zeffirelli, who directed 1968 film 'Romeo & Juliet,' died at age 96 in Rome
Zeffirelli, who was Oscar-nominated for his 1968 version of “
He was politically the opposite of Visconti, with whom he had a relationship of several years. The openly gay Zeffirelli was also known for his socio-political declamations, particularly his anti-abortion, pro-Church stances. In 1959 he debuted at the Royal Opera House in England with fresh productions of “Lucia di Lammermoor” , “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “I Pagliacci.”
Zeffirelli’s Metropolitan Opera debut with “Falstaff” in 1964 was highly praised, and he opened the new Met in Lincoln Center in 1966 with Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.” He continued to grace the Met and other opera stages of the world well into the 1990s with visually sumptuous but vibrant operatic productions, claiming that his aim was always to take the boredom out of the art form.
His remake of “The Champ,” starring Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway, in 1979 did not please critics but had some box office muscle, though his 1981 “Endless Love” was not a hit with reviewers or audiences.
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