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Tosca / Giacomo Puccini.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924, composer, composer.
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 3 min., 28 sec.)) : sound, colo
- Other Title:
- Met Opera on Demand.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1985]
- Language Note:
- Sung in Italian; English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- video file streaming video file
- Summary:
- Franco Zeffirelli's productions are legendary--and for good reason. This new production of Puccini's intensely dramatic opera had opened only two weeks before this performance and the excitement is palpable. Zeffirelli captures the overwhelming grandeur of Rome, as well as the dark undercurrent of decadence and corruption in the drama. Under his direction, the cast of great singing actors crackles with intensity. Hildegard Behrens as Tosca, the passionate singer in love with Cavaradossi (Plácido Domingo), who agrees to a night with Scarpia, the evil chief of police (Cornell MacNeil), in exchange for Cavaradossi's freedom. Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts.
- Contents:
- Opening credits
- Ah! Finalmente!
- Dammi i colori! Recondita armonia
- Ma con quei cani
- Eccelenza
- Mario! Mario! Mario!
- Or lasciami al lavoro
- Qua l'occhio al mondo
- È buona la mia Tosca
- Sommo giubilo, Eccelenza!
- Un tal baccano in chiesa!
- Or tutto è chiaro
- Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa
- Tre sbirri
- Va, Tosca!
- Tosca è un buon falco!
- Ha più forte sapore
- Meno male!
- Ov'è Angelotti?
- Sciarrone: che dice il Cavalier?
- Orsù, Tosca, parlate
- Floria! L'alba vindice appar
- Quanto? Già mi dicon venal
- Vissi d'arte
- Risolvi! Vedi, le man giunte io stendo a te
- Io tenni la promessa
- Or gli perdono!
- Introduction
- Io de'sospiri
- Mario Cavaradossi? A voi
- E lucevan le stelle
- Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca
- O dolci mani mansuete e pure
- E non giungono
- Come è lunge l'attesa!
- Bows and closing credits.
- Participant:
- Hildegard Behrens ; Plácido Domingo ; Cornell MacNeil ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Sinopoli, conductor.
- Credits:
- Director, Franco Zeffirelli.
- Notes:
- Recorded live in 1985 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
- OCLC:
- 859396025
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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