FULL SONG WITHOUT END Full Movie USA 1960 Dirk Bogarde

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Song without end  
• Composer: Franz LIszt, Richard Wagner  
• Libretto: Oscar Millard  
• Venue & Opera Company: Studio and on location  
• Recorded: 1960
• Type: Movie
• Singers: N/A
• Conductor: Morris Stoloff  
• Orchestra: The Los Angeles Philharmonic  
• Chorus: Roger Wagner Chorale  
• Stage Director: Charles Vidor, George Cukor  
• Stage Designer: William Kiernan  
• Costume Designer: Jean Louis  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Columbia Pictures  
• Format: DVD
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs  
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Song Without End, subtitled The Story of Franz Liszt, is a 1960 biographical film romance about Franz Liszt made by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Charles Vidor, who died during the shooting of the film and was replaced by George Cukor. The film stars Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, and Geneviève Page.

Franz Liszt is living in Chamonix with Countess Marie D’Agoult, the mother of his children, when Frédéric Chopin and George Sand visit him. They tell him about all the things he has missed since he left Paris, and how a new piano virtuoso, Sigismond Thalberg, is captivating audiences. The Countess wants him to remain in seclusion and compose. She views performing as a tawdry occupation.

Liszt cannot stand the lack of an audience and agrees to a recital in Paris, which is a sensation. In the audience is Princess Carolyne Wittgenstein, and Liszt is smitten. He travels to Russia to perform for the Czar. He resumes his performing career and avoids the Countess while he pursues the married Princess.

Richard Wagner approaches Liszt after a performance with a score for Rienzi. Liszt brushes him off, but when he later hears a rehearsal of the overture, he becomes a champion of his music. He agrees to premiere Lohengrin for Wagner after the composer has to flee an arrest warrant. Liszt is shown conducting the finale of Tannhäuser.

The composer begins an affair with the Princess. She asks her husband for a divorce. After it is granted the couple are happily on the verge of marriage. When the Church discovers the Princess lied about her husband marrying her when she was underage, they prevent her divorce. Liszt wills his estate to his children and retreats to a monastery.
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