Casa Ricordi (1954)
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Cast
Roland Alexandre, Gabriele Ferzetti, Fosco Giachetti, Myriam Bru, Elisa Cegani, Danièle Delorme, Renzo Giovampietro, Nadia Gray, Roldano Lupi, Paolo Stoppa, Vira Silenti, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Maurice Ronet, Märta Torén, Julien Carette, Fausto Tozzi, Antoine Balpêtré
A fictionalized account follows generations of the Ricordi music-publishing family and their encounters with celebrated Italian opera composers.
The story
This fictionalized historical story follows the Ricordi family’s music-publishing business across the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth. It begins with Giovanni, the founder, then follows his son Tito and grandson Giulio as the family’s work brings them into contact with leading Italian opera composers. Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi are among the figures who visit the Ricordi publishers to have their works printed, with Puccini appearing at the story’s later historical endpoint.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film traces the fictionalized history of the great Ricordi dynasty of music publishers, who first published sheet music and later also records. The story spans the nineteenth century, beginning with Giovanni, the founder, followed by his son Tito and grandson Giulio. The film depicts their encounters with the leading figures of Italian opera: from Rossini to Bellini, from Donizetti to Verdi, and finally Puccini at the beginning of the twentieth century. All of them went to the Ricordi publishers to have their works printed.
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