Quartet (2012 film)

Quartet is a 2012 British comedydrama film based on the play Quartet by Ronald Harwood, which ran in Londons West End from September 1999 until January 2000. It was filmed late in 2011 at Hedsor House, Buckinghamshire. The film is actor Dustin Hoffmans directorial debut.

Reg, Wilf and Cissy are retired opera singers who often worked together in the past among other residents are Cedric Livingstone, a former director, and diva Anne Langley. All the guests in the retirement home continue to be engaged in their former professions in one way or the other, including lecturing and initiating young people to music.Finances threaten closure of the home but proceeds from a yearly gala concert on Verdis birthday hold hope for a continuation of the place. However, Cedric has become rather desperate because some of the most prominent singers have either died or decided not to participate at all. Reg, Wilf and Cissy were in the cast of a very highly rated recording of the opera Rigoletto, which includes a famous quartet for soprano, mezzosoprano, tenor and baritone Bella figlia dellamore. This version is very prominent among opera buffs as THE Rigoletto of the postwar era. ........

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