Tosca - Metropolitan Opera

The story

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 & crew

Shirley VerrettFloria Tosca

Luciano PavarottiMario Cavaradossi

Cornell MacNeilScarpia

Fernando Corena

Fernando CorenaSacristan

Andrea Velis

Andrea VelisSpoletta

John Cheek

John CheekAngelotti

Russell Christopher

Russell ChristopherSciarrone

Robert SapolskySheperd

Philip Booth

Philip BoothJailer

James ConlonSelf - Conductor

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