| Description |
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| 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). |
| Credits |
Co-producers, Douglas Cummins, Alessandro Verdecchi, Alfred Hurmer & Frédéric Sichler ; screenplay, Benoit Jacquot after the libretto of Puccini's opera ; music, Giacomo Puccini. |
| 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 |
English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Added Author |
Jacquot, Benoît, 1947-
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Gheorghiu, Angela.
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Alagna, Roberto.
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Raimondi, Ruggero.
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Kultur International Films.
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| ISBN |
0769779530 |
| Standard No. |
032031401099 |
| Music No. |
D4010 Kultur |
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