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Located at the northernmost
border of Los Angeles’ Chinatown, the Casa Italiana is home to as eclectic
a crowd as ever appeared in a major Hollywood movie. Drawn together
by unflagging passion, dreadful tenacity and the notion that opera goes
down better with a plate of spaghetti, these "VOLUNTEERS FOR VERDI" embody
the rich cultural mix of Southern California, where America's melting pot
continues to bubble and individual dreams can and do come true, even into
the twilight years.
To mount the 30th anniversay
Casa Italiana Opera Company production of Verdi’s “Don Carlo” will require
the talents of a Korean-born housewife as the Queen of Spain, a local fence-builder
as Don Carlo, an Argentinean mechanic as the Don’s best friend, a cheerful
mailman as the Grand Inquisitor and an English-born Irishman as the entire
Flemish delegation – all conducted by a Austrian WWII refugee under the
watchful direction of a Machiavellian Italian- American Maestro formerly
of the New York City Opera.
39th US International Film and Video Festival awards "VOLUNTEERS FOR VERDI" Certificates for Creative Excellence in the categories of Arts: Performing Arts and Documentary: 60:01 - 90:00. |
