| Included Work | Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. |
| Included Work | Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca. |
| Included Work | Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919 librettist. |
| Included Work | Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906 librettist. |
| Included Work | Behrens, Hildegard performer. |
| Included Work | Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer. |
| Included Work | MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011 performer. |
| Included Work | Courtney, James, 1946- performer. |
| Included Work | Tajo, Italo performer. |
| Included Work | Laciura, Anthony performer. |
| Included Work | Christopher, Russell performer. |
| Included Work | Vernon, Richard, 1953-2006 performer. |
| Included Work | Fogarty, Melissa performer. |
| Included Work | Sinopoli, Giuseppe conductor. |
| Included Work | Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008 director. |
| Included Work | Levine, James, 1943-2021 conductor. |
| Included Work | Stivender, David conductor. |
| Included Work | Bronson, Michael, producer. |
| Included Work | Paul, Samuel J. producer. |
| Included Work | Zeffirelli, Franco set designer, producer. |
| Included Work | Hall, Peter J., 1926-2010 costume designer. |
| Included Work | Wechsler, Gil lighting designer. |
| Included Work | Saks, Jay David director. |
| Other author/creator | Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) performer. |
| Abstract |
The story begins with Napoleon Bonaparte, political enemy of Scarpia advancing upon Rome. Cavaradossi a painter and Angelotti an escaped prisoner are political allies and see Napoleon as a hero. Angelotti has taken refuge in a chapel of a church in Rome in which Cavaradossi is painting a portrait of the Madonna. Cavaradossi has as his lover a famous singer Floria Tosca who attempts to enter the church and finds the door locked. She becomes jealous and demands to know why the door is locked. Angelotti and Cavaradossi engineer an escape plan for Angelotti. Various twists and turns develop involving these major players. |
| General note | Opera in 3 acts; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after Victorien Sardou's play. |
| General note | Title from disc label. |
| General note | Program notes, synopsis, and credits inserted in container. |
| Credits | Director, Kirk Browning; music director, James Levine; chorus master, David Stivender; executive producer, Michael Bronson; producer, Samuel J. Paul; production and set design, Franco Zeffirelli; costume design, Peter J. Hall; lighting design, Gil Wechsler; audio director, Jay David Saks. |
| Performer |
Hildegard Behrens (Floria Tosca); Plácido Domingo (Mario Cavardossi); Cornell MacNeil (Il barone Scarpia); James Courtney (Cesare Angelotti); Italo Tajo (Il sagrestano); Anthony Laciura (Spoletta); Russell Christopher (Sciarrone); Richard Vernon (Un carceriere); Melissa Fogarty (Un pastore); Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Videorecording of performances taped March 20 and 27, 1985 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. |
| Technical details | DVD; NTSC. |
| Language | Sung in Italian; subtitles in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian & Spanish. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| UPC |
044007341001 |
| Publisher number | B0007101-09 Deutsche Grammaphon |
