Film
Tosca
1978 · 2h 4m · Music
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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.
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Cast
Shirley Verrett
Floria Tosca
Luciano Pavarotti
Mario Cavaradossi
Cornell MacNeil
Scarpia
Fernando Corena
Sacristan
John Cheek
Angelotti
Andrea Velis
Spoletta
Russell Christopher
Sciarrone
Robert Sapolsky
Sheperd
Philip Booth
Jailer
James Conlon
MET Orchestra
Crew
- Tito GobbiDirector
- Kirk BrowningDirector
- Giuseppe GiacosaWriter
- Luigi IllicaWriter
- Christopher SarsonProducer
- Michael BronsonExecutive Producer
- Giacomo PucciniOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 27, 1978
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Rated
- PG
- Genres
- Music
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