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OPERA FANATIC (DVD)

By | June 2008

The interview subjects, mercifully, don’t act like divas for the camera – everyone is somewhat bemused to be sought out after being away from the spotlight for years…

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OPERA FANATIC (DVD)

Jan Schmidt-Garre’s 1999 documentary follows Stefan Zucker, the tenor and self-described “opera fanatic,” as he travels about Italy to interview a...

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