Puccini: Tosca

Starring: Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, et al.

Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil star in this Zeffirelli Metropolitan Opera production of the Puccini opera with James Levine conducting. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: September 2006
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Uni Dist Corp (Music)
• Director: Franco Zeffirelli
• Starring: Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Italo Tajo, James Courtney, Richard Vernon, Giuseppe Sinopoli
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

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).