Puccini: Tosca (complete opera filmed In The Settings And At The Times Of Tosca)

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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera filmed In The Settings And At The Times Of Tosca)
Catherine Malfitano (soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass) / Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of Rai, Zubin Mehta

[ Warner Classics DVD / DVD ]

Release Date: Monday 3 June 2013

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Conceived and Produced by Andrea Andermann
Directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro
Directed for video by Brian Large

Recorded live in July 1992 - Remastered in high definition from the original master tape.

Catherine Malfitano (Floria Tosca)
Placido Domingo (Mario Cavaradossi)
Ruggero Raimondi (Baron Scarpia)
Giacomo Prestia (Cesare Angelotti)

Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Rome RAI, Zubin Mehta

Contemporary Rome is the setting for this unique and highly innovative version of Puccini's Tosca, performed in the Roman locations - and at the same times of day - as Puccini had written into his score. Thus the action opens in the beautiful 16th-century church of Sant'Andrea della Valle at noon, where Cavaradossi (Domingo) meets the fugitive Angelotti, moves to the Farnese Palace that evening where Tosca (Catherine Malfitano) dramatically makes a pact with the lustful Scarpia (Ruggero Raimondi), and finally to the battlements of the Castel Sant'Angelo at dawn the following day where the final drama is played out.

SUBTITLES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / GERMAN / ITALIAN