Tosca - Metropolitan Opera
1978
- Tito Gobbi,Kirk Browning
- 2h 4m
- December 19, 1978 · United States of America
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 19, 1978
- Original language
- Italian
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Decca,The Metropolitan Opera,Virgin Classics
- Cast
- James Conlon,Robert Sapolsky,John Cheek,Cornell MacNeil,Russell Christopher,Luciano Pavarotti,Philip Booth,MET Orchestra,Fernando Corena,Andrea Velisand 1 more
- Director
- Tito Gobbi,Kirk Browning
- Producer
- Michael Bronson,Christopher Sarson
- Music
- Giacomo Puccini
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
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