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Tosca

Title
Tosca / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa ; production by Franco Zeffirelli.
Publication
Hollywood, CA : Bel Canto/Paramount Home Video, 1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
  • Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
  • Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908
  • Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919
  • Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906
  • Behrens, Hildegard
  • Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
  • MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011
  • Tajo, Italo
  • Sinopoli, Giuseppe
  • Zeffirelli, Franco.
  • Courtney, James
  • Laciura, Anthony
  • Christopher, Russell
  • Fogarty, Melissa
  • Vernon, Richard
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
1 videocassette (127 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in. VHS +
Summary
Cavaradossi the painter is arrested and tortured for helping Angelotti, a political prisoner, to escape. His lady love, Tosca, promises herself to Scarpia, the chief of police, in order to obtain Cavaradossi\u0027s release. When he is executed anyway, Tosca kills herself.
Series Statement
Live from the Met
Uniform Title
Live from the Met.
Subjects
Note
  • Cataloged from credits, cassette container and booklet.
  • Opera in 3 acts.
  • Sung in Italian; English subtitles.
  • Performed Mar. 20 and 27, 1985 at the Metropolitan Opera.
  • Includes special program: "Tosca, Zeffirelli and Rome", at end of cassette.
  • "2370."
Audience (note)
  • General.
OCLC
  • 36572503
  • ocm36572503
  • SCSB-2828935
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries