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Tosca

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An opera in three acts
Libretto adapted from Sardou's drama by the author, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa
Music by Puccini
(sung in Italian)
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson)
Covent Garden Orchestra (Leader, Charles Taylor)
Conducted by Alexander Gibson
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (by arrangement with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
The action takes place in Rome in 1800
Act 1
The church of Sant' Andrea della Valle

Contributors

Libretto:
null Sardou
Libretto:
Luigi Illica
Libretto:
Giuseppe Giacosa
Music:
null Puccini
Singers:
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Chorus-Master:
Douglas Robinson
Musicians:
Covent Garden Orchestra
Leader:
Charles Taylor
Conductor:
Alexander Gibson
Floria Tosca, a prima donna:
Zinka Milanov
Mario Cavaradossi, a painter:
Franco Corelll
Baron Scarpia, chief of police:
Gian Giacomo Guelfi
Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner:
Michael Langdon
A sacristan:
Forbes Robinson
Spoletta, a police agent:
David Tree
Sciarrone, a gendarme:
Ronald Lewis
A gaoler:
Rhydderch Davies
A shepherd boy:
Noreen Berry
Source: Radio Times

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