Great Performances S40E17 · Great Performances at the Met: Francesca di Rimini

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Eva-Maria Westbroek and Marcello Giordani star in Zandonai’s masterpiece Francesca da Rimini, the classic tale of doomed love,based on an episode from Dante’s Inferno.

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