MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Tosca (Complete opera recorded in 1978)
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Tosca (Complete opera recorded in 1978)
Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Shirley Verrett, Cornell Macneil / James Conlon (cond)
[ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD ]
Release Date: Thursday 7 October 2010
Suitable for General Audiences
Luciano Pavarotti will always be associated with the role of the painter Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca. His interpretations of the arias 'Recondita armonia' and 'E lucevan le stelle' became two of his greatest hits, which he sang at all his concerts.
Specially restored and released for the first time on any format, this remarkable performance presents Luciano Pavarotti the opera star, at the very peak of his stage career.
Filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on December 19th, 1978.
The production is by legendary baritone Tito Gobbi - best remembered as Scarpia opposite the Tosca of Maria Callas.
Pavarotti's co-stars are two internationally acclaimed American singers - soprano Shirley Verrett and baritone Cornell MacNeil.
Remarkable DVD bonus features - available for the first time
Unique footage of Luciano Pavarotti in a music rehearsal, with Shirley Verrett and Maestro James Conlon
A discussion between the greatest of all Baron Scarpias, Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, and the Scarpia of this production, baritone Cornell MacNeil
A discussion with conductor James Conlon and Metropolitan Opera Music Director, James Levine.
Released to mark the 75th anniversary of Luciano Pavarotti's birth on October 12th, 1935
