Tosca (1986)
This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations and at the precise times of day as Puccini had written into his score. The action opens in Rome's beautiful 16th-century church of Sant Andrea della Valle, where Cavaradossi (Plácido Domingo) is innocently painting, moves to the Farnese Palace where Tosca (Catherine Malfitano) dramatically stabs the lustful Scarpia (Ruggero Raimondi), and finally to the battlements of the Castle Sant Angelo at dawn the following day where Cavaradossi is cruelly killed, and Tosca takes her own life.
Director: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
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Catherine Malfitano as Tosca |
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Plácido Domingo as Mario Cavaradossi |
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Ruggero Raimondi as Scarpia |
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Zubin Mehta as Self - Conductor |
| Directing | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Director |
| Writing | Giuseppe Giacosa | Writer |
| Writing | Luigi Illica | Writer |
