| Description |
1 videodisc (159 min.) : sound, color ; 4³/₄ in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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NTSC |
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video file |
| Note |
Opera in 3 acts; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after Victorien Sardou's play. |
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Title from disc label. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC. |
| Performer |
Hildegard Behrens (Floria Tosca); Plácido Domingo (Mario Cavardossi); Cornell MacNeil (Il barone Scarpia); James Courtney (Cesare Angelotti); Italo Tajo (Il sagrestano); Anthony Laciura (Spoletta); Russell Christopher (Sciarrone); Richard Vernon (Un carceriere); Melissa Fogarty (Un pastore); Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor. |
| Credits |
Director, Kirk Browning; music director, James Levine; chorus master, David Stivender; executive producer, Michael Bronson; producer, Samuel J. Paul; production and set design, Franco Zeffirelli; costume design, Peter J. Hall; lighting design, Gil Wechsler; audio director, Jay David Saks. |
| Event |
Videorecording of performances taped March 20 and 27, 1985 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. |
| Note |
Program notes, synopsis, and credits inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian; subtitles in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian & Spanish. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Tosca.
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Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.
Tosca.
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Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919, librettist.
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Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906, librettist.
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Behrens, Hildegard, performer.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer.
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MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011, performer.
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Courtney, James, 1946- performer.
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Tajo, Italo, performer.
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Laciura, Anthony, performer.
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Christopher, Russell, performer.
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Vernon, Richard, 1950- performer.
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Fogarty, Melissa, performer.
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Sinopoli, Giuseppe, conductor.
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Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008.
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Levine, James, 1943-2021.
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Stivender, David.
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Bronson, Michael.
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Paul, Samuel J.
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Zeffirelli, Franco.
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Hall, Peter J., 1926-2010.
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Wechsler, Gil.
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Saks, Jay David.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
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| Music No. |
B0007101-09 Deutsche Grammaphon |
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