| Giacomo Puccini operas |
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• Manon Lescaut (1893) • La bohème (1896) • Tosca (1900) • Madama Butterfly (1904) • La fanciulla del West (1910) • Il trittico (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi) (1918) • Turandot (1926) |
“Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini
Premiere / date of written: 14 February 1900
It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900.
Libretti
| # | Language | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italian
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Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa |
| 2 |
German
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Gudrun Meier |
| 3 |
English
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| 4 |
French
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original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto
Images
Notable videos
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Maria Callas as Tosca
Maria Callas as Tosca, at Ed Sullivan Show, Nov. 25, 1956, New York |
Audio recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
| 1962 | Tosca — Leontyne Price, Cavaradossi — Franco Corelli, Scarpia — Cornell MacNeil |
Kurt Adler Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Sony Cat: 80468 |
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| 1962 | Tosca — Leontyne Price, Cavaradossi — Giuseppe Di Stefano, Scarpia — Giuseppe Taddei |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD:Decca Cat: 639002 |
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| 1966 | Tosca — Birgit Nilsson, Cavaradossi — Franco Corelli, Scarpia — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
Lorin Maazel Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 460753 |
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| 1976 | Tosca — Montserrat Caballé, Cavaradossi — José Carreras, Scarpia — Ingvar Wixell |
Sir Colin Davis Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Philips Records Cat: 438359 |
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| 1978 | Tosca — Mirella Freni, Cavaradossi — Luciano Pavarotti, Scarpia — Sherrill Milnes |
Nicola Rescigno National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Opera Chorus, Wandsworth School Boys Choir |
CD: Decca Cat: 414036 |
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| 1990 | Tosca — Mirella Freni, Cavaradossi — Plácido Domingo, Scarpia — Samuel Ramey |
Giuseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 431775 |
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Books
| Year | Title | Description | Buy |
| 2024
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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini: Side-by-side Italian/English libretto | A complete libretto of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" with Italian and side-by-side English translations, as presented on DM's opera site. The book is designed to help opera lovers follow and understand the lyrics. |
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Video recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra, Director |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
| 1964 | Tosca — Maria Callas, Cavaradossi — Renato Cioni, Scarpia — Tito Gobbi |
Carlo Felice Cillario Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus Franco Zeffirelli |
DVD: EMI Classics Cat: DVA 4 92851 9 |
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| 1976 | Tosca — Raina Kabaivanska, Cavaradossi — Plácido Domingo, Scarpia — Sherrill Milnes |
Bruno Bartoletti New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers Gianfranco De Bosio |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4038 |
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| 1985
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Tosca — Hildegard Behrens, Cavaradossi — Plácido Domingo, Scarpia — Cornell MacNeil |
Giuseppe Sinopoli Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus Kirk Browning |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4100 |
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| 1992 | Tosca — Catherine Malfitano, Cavaradossi — Plácido Domingo, Scarpia — Ruggero Raimondi |
Zubin Mehta RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and Coro di Roma Giuseppe Patroni Griffi |
VHS: Teldec Video Kultur Video Cat: 6302779715; DVD: Cat: D4524 |
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External links
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- Sheet Music — www.sheetmusicplus.com