Tosca
movie
Released November 27, 1978
Genres:
Overview
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
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Fernando Corena
as
Sacristan
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John Cheek
as
Angelotti
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Andrea Velis
as
Spoletta
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Russell Christopher
as
Sciarrone
Robert Sapolsky
as
Sheperd
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Philip Booth
as
Jailer
James Conlon
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MET Orchestra
Crew
James Conlon
as
Conductor
Tito Gobbi
as
Director
Giuseppe Giacosa
as
Writer
Luigi Illica
as
Writer
Kirk Browning
as
Director
Tito Gobbi
as
Production Design
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Rudolf Heinrich
as
Costume Designer
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Rudolf Heinrich
as
Set Designer
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Gil Wechsler
as
Lighting Design
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David Kneuss
as
Stage Director
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Nina Lawson
as
Hairstylist
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Victor Callegari
as
Makeup Artist