Piero Faggioni
Know for: Acting
Born: 1936-08-01
Place of birth: Carrara, Italy
Also know as:
La Orca (1976)
A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, where she is made to write her own ransom letter. She soon...
Open Letter to the Evening News (1970)
Hoping to shake up the complacent Italian Communist Party, a group of leftist radicals sends an incendiary letter to a major evening newspaper...
The Technique and the Rite (1972)
The narrative concerns the barbaric exploits of Attila The Hun and yet none of the characters ever leave the remote seaside stretch of land on which...
Oedipus Orca (1977)
Sequel to "La Orca" which follows the life of the kidnapped girl after she returns home to her boyfriend and family. After her kidnap ordeal Alice...
The Pacifist (1970)
A journalist preparing a story on extremist youth falls in love with a young radical who fears being killed by his companions when he is unable to...
Boy Wanted (1963)
A boy of fourteen enters to work as messenger boy in a flower shop. His first task is to bring a bouquet for a bride but arrives late and is forced...
Francesca da Rimini (1984)
Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.
Puccini's La Fanciulla del West (1983)
La Fanciulla del West, Puccini's penultimate opera is based on a play by David Belasco set at the height of the notorious California gold rush. The...
Un Ballo in Maschera (1991)
Verdi's opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by James Levine.
Georges Bizet: Carmen (1980)
Carmen, presented in a production at the French Opera House.
The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini (2013)
Eva-Maria Westbroek stars in the title role of Zandonai’s sensuous drama, opposite Marcello Giordani as Paolo. Piero Faggioni’s lush...