CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera News on the Air (Guilty Pleasures Roundtable with Robert Marx, Ken Benson and Fred Plotkin) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's Opera Quiz (Thor Eckert, Jr, host, with Linda Fairtile, Rex Levang and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).
Call number
*LDC 27385
Note
Compact discs.
Performer (note)
Catherine Malfitano (Tosca) ; Franco Farina (Cavaradossi) ; James Morris (Scarpia) ; Bruno Pola (Sacristan) ; Richard Bernstein (Angelotti) ; Anthony Laciura (Spoletta) ; Richard Vernon (Sciarrone) ; George Cook (Shepherd) ; Vaclovas Daunoras (Jailer) ; Daniel Oren, conductor ; Metropoltan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 19, 2002.
Source (note)
Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
Sung in Italian.
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Title
Tosca [sound recording] / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after Victorien Sardou's play.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2002.
Series
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 19, 2002.
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Jan. 19, 2002.
Cast
Catherine Malfitano (Tosca) ; Franco Farina (Cavaradossi) ; James Morris (Scarpia) ; Bruno Pola (Sacristan) ; Richard Bernstein (Angelotti) ; Anthony Laciura (Spoletta) ; Richard Vernon (Sciarrone) ; George Cook (Shepherd) ; Vaclovas Daunoras (Jailer) ; Daniel Oren, conductor ; Metropoltan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Jan. 19, 2002.