Whether or not you like his films, Franco Zeffirelli is one of the most famous names in Italian cinema, and this exhibition currently showing in the Sala d’Arme in Palazzo Vecchio in his home city of Florence pays tribute to his career. Included amongst the 100 displays are a large number costumes from his films, such as those worn by Maria Callas and Anna Magnani and from the celebrated ‘Brother Sun, Sister Moon’. Opera is another field in which he is prolific and sketches and designs from such productions as ‘Aida’, Romeo and Juliet’and ‘La Traviata’are on display.
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