“Gasparone“ by Carl Millöcker - Fulll Length - German TV Production 1972

The full length version of this Gasparone TV production. About the plot of Gasparone: In Syracuse, Sicily, the local “podestà“, Nasoni, is busy searching for the notorious robber Gasparone who is said to haunt the area. At the same time, he tries to marry his son to the young widowed Countess Carlotta, who is about to inherit a large fortune. Enter a mysterious stranger named Erminio, who saves Carlotta from an attack on her carriage, makes love to her and then does something rather disconcerting .... ***The cast:*** Countess Carlotta Arlene Saunders, soprano Erminio Barry McDaniel, baritone Nasoni, podestà Benno Kusche, bass Zenobia, Carlotta’s chaperone Martha Mödl, mezzo-soprano Benozzo, innkeeper Friedrich Lenz, tenor Zora, his wife, Carlotta’s Britt Bern, soprano former maid Conductor: Heinz Wallberg Directed by: Wolfgang Liebeneiner