I Vespri Siciliani - Opera on Film

Politics become personal in Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani, or "The Sicilian Vespers." Based on the true story of a 13th century Sicilian rebellion against occupying French forces, this grand opera weaves military intrigue with a tale of doomed love between a French Dutchess and a Sicilian rebel. Verdi's meaty score is sung with full-throated intensity by Maria Agresti, Gregory Kunde, and Franco Vassallo, with Gianandrea Noseda at the podium, from the Teatro Regio di Torino.