Tosca : melodramma in tre atti / composer, Giacomo Puccini ; libretto, Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica ; based on the play by Victorien Sardou ; a co-production of De Nederlandse Opera and NPS Television ; director, Nikolaus Lehnhoff.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
Italian
Published/​Created
London, England : Decca Music Group, [2007], ©2007.
Description
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)

Details

Subject(s)
Related name
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
  • "Universal Music Group."
  • "Filmed at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam."
  • Bonus feature: Documentary, Tosca - behind the scenes.
  • "074 3201 DH."
Creation/​Production credits
Project manager, Roel Bolhuis.
System details
DVD.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Cast: Catherine Malfitano, Richard Margison, Bryn Terfel, Mario Luperi, Enrico Fissore, John Graham-Hall, Jef Van Wersch, Ton Kemperman ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera and Utrecht Cathedral Choirschool ; conductor, Riccardo Chailly ; chorus director, Winfried Maczewski.
Language note
In Italian with subtitles in English, French, German Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese; subtitles on documentary are in English.
Other title(s)
Puccini Tosca
OCLC
191077607
Universal Product Code
  • 044007432013
RCP
C - O
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