Opera in three acts Music by Puccini
Libretto by GIUSEPPE GIACOSA and LUIGI ILLICA, after the play by sardou
(sung in Italian: records)
' In Tosca,' wrote Puccini in 1889. 'I see an opera which exactly suits me.' Set in Rome at the beginning of the 19th century this powerful and violent drama centres round sexual, political and even religious conflict.
CHORUS OF THE THEATRE NATIONAL DE L'OPERA
ORCHESTRA OF THE SOCIETE DES CONCERTS DU CONSERVATOIRE conducted by GEORGES PRtTRE The scene is laid in Rome in June 1800. Act 1
3.25* Tosca - Fact or Fiction? A talk by HAROLD ROSENTHAL
3.40* Tosca. Acts 2 and 3