what glorious music . what glorious singing . a story big than life . production value that do justice to verdi opera . this be grand opera at it grand . in a scale from 1 to 19 and this be a 20. generally in opera and the singing be the thing . one put up with elephantine singer and make believe prop and bad acting and and other shortcoming to enjoy the music and and especially and the singing . in this film and none of this annoyance take place . teresa stratas look beautiful a violeta should . she sing gloriously a teresa should . ditto with placido domingo . unlike some opera singer and both of them can act . the set be sumptuous and the lighting excellent and the cinematography nonpareil . the direction and edit propel the story without flag for any moment . this film be as close to perfection a human can achieve .