Tosca [videorecording] : melodrama in three acts / music, Giacomo Puccini ; libretto, Giuseppe Giacoso and Luigi Illica after the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou ; directed for the stage by Jonathan Kent ; revival director, Duncan Macfarland ; directed for the screen by Jonathan Haswell ; a Royal Opera House production.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
EMI Classics,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
1 videodisc : (approximately 128 min.) ; sd., color ; 4 3/4 in.
50999 4 04063 9 8. Durations: 120 min. (opera); 8 min. (bonus) Program notes and synopsis in English, French and German (15 p.) inserted in container. Bonus feature: Tosca: an introduction / presented by Antonio Pappano. Angela Gheorghiu (Floria Tosca) ; Jonas Kaufmann (Mario Cavaradossi) ; Bryn Terfel (Baron Scarpia); Lukas Jakobski (Cesare Angelotti) ; Jeremy White (Sacristan) ; Hubert Francis (Spoletta) ; ZhengZhong Zhou (Sciarrone) ; William Payne (Shepherd Boy) ; John Morrissey (Gaoler) ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Antonio Papppano, conductor. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 14 & 17 July 2011.
Summary:
Jonathan Kent's atmospheric and evocative production of Tosca-which has established itself as a Royal Opera House classic-features three of today's finest singers. Angela Gheorghiu's sensitively portrayed Tosca, a character with which she closely identifies, is paired with Jonas Kaufmann's intense and compelling Cavaradossi, while Bryn Terfel is thrillingly malevolent as Scarpia. Antonio Pappano's masterfully paced conducting captures all the drama and beauty of Puccini's exhilarating opera.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)817936060
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
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