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Tosca

Title
  1. Tosca / Giacomo Puccini ; production by Franco Zeffirelli.
Published by
  1. Hollywood, CA : Bel Canto/Paramount Home Video, ©1985.
Author
  1. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Additional authors
  1. Zeffirelli, Franco.
  2. Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
  3. Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
  4. Behrens, Hildegard.
  5. Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
  6. MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011.
  7. Tajo, Italo.
  8. Sinopoli, Giuseppe.
  9. Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.
  10. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  11. Bel Canto.
  12. Paramount Home Video (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Cavaradossi the painter is arrested and tortured for helping Angelotti, a political prisoner, to escape. His lady love, Tosca, promises herself to Scarpia, the chief of police, in order to obtain Cavaradossi's release. When he is executed anyway, Tosca kills herself.
Series statement
  1. Live from the Met
Uniform title
  1. Live from the Met.
Alternative title
  1. Tosca, Zeffirelli and Rome.
Subject
  1. Operas
Genre/Form
  1. Operas.
  2. Video tapes.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Opera in three acts.
  2. At head of title: The Metropolitan Opera.
  3. Sung in Italian; subtitles in English.
  4. Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, after the drama by Victorien Sardou.
  5. VHS; hi-fi, stereo., Dolby processed.
  6. Program notes by David Hamilton and synopsis (10 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) included.
  7. "Tosca, Zeffirelli and Rome," an interview with Franco Zeffirelli as he guides the viewer through the historic sites of Puccini's opera, appended at end.
  8. Bel Canto/Paramount Home Video: 2370.
Credits (note)
  1. Production and set design by Franco Zeffirelli.
Event (note)
  1. Performed Mar. 20 and 27, 1985, at the Metropolitan Opera.
System details (note)
  1. VHS, Hi-fi.