Tosca : melodramma in tre atti / composer, Giacomo Puccini ; libretto, Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica ; based on the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
Italian
Published/​Created
London, England : Decca, ©2007.
Description
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Summary note
    Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an outstanding cast including Bryn Terfel in his triumphant role debut as Scarpia in Puccini's great operatic thriller. Nikolaus Lehnhoff's sensational Amsterdam staging presents Tosca as a searing, timeless psychological drama of political and private lust, set to Puccini's most spectacularly passionate score.
    Notes
    • "Filmed at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam."
    • Bonus feature: Documentary, Tosca - behind the scenes.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Stage director, Nikolaus Lehnhoff; set deign, Raimund Bauer; costumes, Falk Bauer; lighting design, Wolfgang Göbbel; dramaturgy Klaus Bertisch; TV director, Misjel Vermeiren; a co-production of De Nederlandse Opera and NPS Television.
    System details
    DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1 (opera only), PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Catherine Malfitano (Floria Tosca) ; Richard Margison (Mario Cavaradossi) ; Bryn Terfel (Il barone Scarpia) ; Mario Luperi (Cesare Angelotti) ; Enrico Fissore, John Graham-Hall, Jef Van Wersch, Ton Kemperman ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera and Utrecht Cathedral Choirschool ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor.
    Language note
    Sung in Italian; subtitles in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian & Spanish.
    Publisher no.
    074 3201
    OCLC
    191077607
    Universal Product Code
    • 044007432013
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