Tosca (1978)
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.
Directors: Tito Gobbi, Kirk Browning.
https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357013762
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Shirley Verrett as Floria Tosca |
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Luciano Pavarotti as Mario Cavaradossi |
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Cornell MacNeil as Scarpia |
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Fernando Corena as Sacristan |
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John Cheek as Angelotti |
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Andrea Velis as Spoletta |
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Russell Christopher as Sciarrone |
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Robert Sapolsky as Sheperd |
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Philip Booth as Jailer |
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James Conlon as |
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MET Orchestra as |
| Sound | James Conlon | Conductor |
| Writing | Luigi Illica | Writer |
| Writing | Giuseppe Giacosa | Writer |
| Directing | Tito Gobbi | Director |
| Directing | Kirk Browning | Director |
| Art | Rudolf Heinrich | Set Designer |
| Lighting | Gil Wechsler | Lighting Design |
| Art | Tito Gobbi | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rudolf Heinrich | Costume Designer |
| Directing | David Kneuss | Stage Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Lawson | Hairstylist |
| Production | Clemente D'Alessio | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victor Callegari | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Michael Bronson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Christopher Sarson | Producer |
| Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Victorien Sardou | Original Story |
