Tosca
A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the painter and political revolutionary in love with the beautiful and famous singer Tosca (the riveting Shirley Verrett). Rome’s diabolical chief of police, Baron Scarpia (Cornell MacNeil), wants Tosca for himself—but he underestimates the fury of a woman in love. With torture, murder, and a suicide in its final moments, Tosca packs more dramatic punches than most other operas—and this classic telecast captures them all. James Conlon conducts in a production by the incomparable Tito Gobbi, one of the great Scarpias of the 20th century.
Cast
Shirley Verrett
as Floria Tosca
Luciano Pavarotti
as Mario Cavaradossi
Cornell MacNeil
as Scarpia
Fernando Corena
as Sacristan
John Cheek
as Angelotti
Andrea Velis
as Spoletta
Russell Christopher
as Sciarrone
Robert Sapolsky
as Sheperd
Philip Booth
as Jailer
James Conlon
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