Tosca - Metropolitan Opera

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Tosca - Metropolitan Opera (1978)

Directed by Tito Gobbi, Kirk Browning

Music · 2h 04m

A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the painter and political revolutionary in love with the beautiful and famous singer Tosca (the riveting Shirley Verrett). Rome’s diabolical chief of police, Baron Scarpia (Cornell MacNeil), wants Tosca for himself—but he underestimates the fury of a woman in love. With torture, murder, and a suicide in its final moments, Tosca packs more dramatic punches than most other operas—and this classic telecast captures them all. James Conlon conducts in a production by the incomparable Tito Gobbi, one of the great Scarpias of the 20th century.

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Cast

Shirley Verrett Floria Tosca Luciano Pavarotti Mario Cavaradossi Cornell MacNeil Scarpia
F
Fernando Corena Sacristan
A
Andrea Velis Spoletta
J
John Cheek Angelotti
R
Russell Christopher Sciarrone Robert Sapolsky Sheperd
P
Philip Booth Jailer James Conlon Self - Conductor MET Orchestra

Crew

Director
Tito Gobbi, Kirk Browning
Writer
Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Original Music Composer
Giacomo Puccini
Producer
Christopher Sarson

Details

Release date
1978-12-19
Runtime
2h 04m
Genres
Music
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
United States of America
Production
Decca, Virgin Classics, The Metropolitan Opera