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Title Tosca / de Giacomo Puccini.

Publication Info. West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2005]

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Description 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
stereo
Dolby digital 2.0
video file
DVD video
region 1
System Details DVD, region 1; soundtrack in Dolby Digital 2.0; full screen (4:3) presentation.
Note Motion picture adaption of the opera.
Performer Angela Gheorghiu (Floria Tosca) ; Roberto Alagna (Mario Cavaradossi) ; Ruggero Raimondi (Baron Scarpia) ; Maurizio Muraro (Angelotti) ; Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristan) ; David Cangelosi (Spoletta) ; Sorin Coliban (Sciarrone) ; Gwynne Howell (Le Geolier) ; James Savage-Hanford (Le Patre) ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Tiffin Boys' Choir ; Antonio Pappano, conductor.
Credits Directed by Benoit Jacquot; produced by Daniel Toscan Du Plantier; co-producers, Douglas Cummins, Alessandro Verdecchi, Alfred Hurmer & Frédéric Sichler; screenplay, Benoit Jacquot after the libretto of Puccini's opera.
Event Originally issued as a motion picture in 2001.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary Tosca is set in Rome at the end of the 18th century. Love and jealousy drive the story to its inevitable, tragic end. Tosca, an actress, kills her tormentor, Scarpia, and rushes to save her lover, Mario. All goes awry and Mario is executed. Tosca, in an act of defiance, then throws herself from the roof of Castel Sant'Angelo to her death.
Language Sung in Italian, with subtitles in English.
Subject Operas -- Film adaptations.
Operas -- Film adaptations.
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Film adaptations.
Film adaptations.
Added Author Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca.
Jacquot, Benoît, 1947-
Toscan Du Plantier, Daniel.
Gheorghiu, Angela, performer.
Alagna, Roberto, performer.
Raimondi, Ruggero, performer.
Pappano, Antonio, 1959- conductor.
Tiffin School. Boys' Choir, performer.
Royal Opera House (London, England), performer.
Kultur International Films.
Added Title Tosca (Motion picture : 2001) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003004729
ISBN 0769779530
9780769779539
Standard No. 032031401099
Music No. D4010 Kultur