Puccini - Tosca / Sinopoli, Zeffirelli, Domingo, Behrens, MET [DVD] [Italian]

Starring: Kirk Browning, Hildegard Behrens, Plácido Domingo, et al.

The fiery, passionate grandeur of Puccini's Tosca came to life with the Metropolitan Opera's new production of March 1985. Franco Zeffirelli, who both directed and designed the sets for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: Italian
• UPC: 013023009097
• Release Date: September 1999
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Geneon [Pioneer]
• Starring: Kirk Browning, Hildegard Behrens, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Italo Tajo, Richard Vernon (IV), James Courtney (III), Russell Christopher, Anthony Laciura, Franco Zeffirelli
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: classical
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Scipia! We shall meet before God!

Puccini – Tosca (1985) Filmed on March 20 and 27, 1985 Release date on February 23, 1999 Remastered Release date on September 12, 2006 Also known as The Metropolitan Opera Presents Season 9 Episode 3 Episode aired Mar 27, 1985 Met Opera Tosca 1985: Behrens, Domingo, MacNeil, Tajo, Sinopoli An opera in three acts about an escaped political prisoner, a prima donna, and the brutal chief of the secret police. Well executed (1985 TV recording) and worth rewatching. This play has the music that Puccini is noted for. Although Hildegard Behrens is no Callas and takes a lot of deep breaths, she still makes an excellent Floria Tosca. While we are discussing differences, Plácido Domingo is no Luciano Pavarotti. Great scenery and unforgettable singing. An opera in three acts: The basic story takes place in Napoleonic-era Rome, where a very jealous woman, Floria Tosca, is involved with an artist, Mario Cavaradossi (Plácido Domingo), who is harboring an escaped rebel. A sadistic authority, Baron Scarpia (Cornell MacNeil), invites Tosca to avail herself to him in return for the freedom of her artist's love. Will she, or won't she? This was recorded before DVDs, so it goes straight into production and has permanent English subtitles. See Hildegard Behrens again in Elektra (1994).