The Life of Verdi (miniseries)

The Life of Verdi is a 1982 Italianlanguage biographical television miniseries directed by Renato Castellani dramatizing the life of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. Castellani also cowrote the original script with Leonardo Benvenuti and Piero De Bernardi. The English version was written by Gene Luotto and narrated by Burt Lancaster. The miniseries first aired in 1982, and was made available on DVD in 2003.

The English version has seven 90minute episodes totaling 630 minutes the original Italian version, nine 70minute episodes.

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