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Tosca

BBC Radio 3
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Puccini's three-act opera, live from the New York Met, conducted by Placido Domingo.
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera House. Act 1
7.20 Met Moments
An interval talk from the archive of 50 years of live broadcasts from the Met:
John Culshaw on Tosca (1977).
7.45 Act 2
8.35 The Opera Quiz American musicologist Edward Downes with a panel of opera buffs who answer questions sent in by US listeners to these Met relays.
9.00 Act 3
(An EBU presentation in association with the Texaco
Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Placido Domingo.
Unknown:
John Culshaw
Musicologist:
Edward Downes
Tosca:
Maria Guleghina (soprano)
Cavaradossi:
Neil Shicoff (tenor)
Searpia:
James Morris (baritone)
Sacristan:
Italo Tajo (bass)
Angelotti:
Jeffrey Wells (bass)
Spoletla:
Anthony Laciura (tenor)
Sciarrone:
Russell Christopher (bassl
Jailer:
Richard Vernon (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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