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Tosca

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From La Bastille, Paris. Puccini's opera to a libretto based on Victorien Sardou 's play La Tosca, starring Galina Gorchakova and Placido Domingo. Sung in Italian.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera National, Paris, conductor Seiji Ozawa
Act 1
7.20 The Tosca File
The opera may be Italian, but tonight's performance is a homecoming for the plot. Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca, written for Sarah Bernhardt , was premiered in Paris. Who was Sardou? And who were Illica and Giacosa, the librettists? Graham Fawcett explores their lives.
7.40 Act 2
8.25 Realistically Speaking Michael Oliver sets the score straight on those composers bracketed under the heading verismo, including Giordano, Cilea,
Mascagni and Leoncavallo. Rpt
8.45 Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Victorien Sardou
Unknown:
Galina Gorchakova
Conductor:
Seiji Ozawa
Unknown:
Victorien Sardou
Unknown:
Sarah Bernhardt
Unknown:
Graham Fawcett
Unknown:
Michael Oliver
Floria Tosca:
Galina Gorchakova (sop)
Mario Cavaradossi:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Baron Scarpia:
Renato Bruson (baritone)
Cesare Angelotti:
Romuald Tesarowicz (bass)
II Sagrestano:
Andrew Shore (baritone)
Spoletta:
Georges Gautier (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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