Tosca : melodrama in three acts

Resource Information

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Label

Tosca : melodrama in three acts

Title remainder

melodrama in three acts

Statement of responsibility

music, Giacomo Puccini ; libretto, Giuseppe Giacoso and Luigi Illica after the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou ; directed for the stage by Jonathan Kent ; revival director, Duncan Macfarland ; directed for the screen by Jonathan Haswell ; a Royal Opera House production

Contributor

• Zhou, ZhengZhong, 1984-
• Royal Opera House (London, England)
• Royal Opera House (London, England), Chorus
• Royal Opera House (London, England), Orchestra
• Brown, Paul, 1960-
• Francis, Hubert
• Gheorghiu, Angela
• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906
• Haswell, Jonathan
• Henderson, Mark
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919
• Jakobski, Lukas
• Kaufmann, Jonas
• Kent, Jonathan
• Macfarland, Duncan
• Morrissey, John
• Pappano, Antonio, 1959-
• Payne, William
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
• Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908
• Terfel, Bryn
• White, Jeremy, 1953-

Conductor

• Pappano, Antonio, 1959-

Director

• Kent, Jonathan
• Macfarland, Duncan
• Haswell, Jonathan

Librettist

• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919
• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906

Lighting designer

• Henderson, Mark

Performer

• Royal Opera House (London, England), Orchestra
• Jakobski, Lukas
• Francis, Hubert
• Kaufmann, Jonas
• Gheorghiu, Angela
• Morrissey, John
• Zhou, ZhengZhong, 1984-
• White, Jeremy, 1953-
• Payne, William
• Terfel, Bryn
• Royal Opera House (London, England), Chorus

Producer

• Royal Opera House (London, England)

Subject

• Operas
• Filmed operas
• Operas

Genre

• Filmed operas

Language

• ita
• ita
• ger
• fre
• spa
• jpn
• eng
• ita

Summary

Jonathan Kent's atmospheric and evocative production of Tosca-which has established itself as a Royal Opera House classic-features three of today's finest singers. Angela Gheorghiu's sensitively portrayed Tosca, a character with which she closely identifies, is paired with Jonas Kaufmann's intense and compelling Cavaradossi, while Bryn Terfel is thrillingly malevolent as Scarpia. Antonio Pappano's masterfully paced conducting captures all the drama and beauty of Puccini's exhilarating opera

Cataloging source

ZMS

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Paul Brown, designs ; Mark Henderson, lighting design

Date time place

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 14 & 17 July 2011

Dewey number

782.812

Language note

Sung in Italian; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish

LC call number

M1500

LC item number

.T6733 2012

PerformerNote

Angela Gheorghiu (Floria Tosca) ; Jonas Kaufmann (Mario Cavaradossi) ; Bryn Terfel (Baron Scarpia); Lukas Jakobski (Cesare Angelotti) ; Jeremy White (Sacristan) ; Hubert Francis (Spoletta) ; ZhengZhong Zhou (Sciarrone) ; William Payne (Shepherd Boy) ; John Morrissey (Gaoler) ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Antonio Papppano, conductor

Runtime

128

Technique

live action