Puccini: Tosca
Leontyne Price (Floria Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Mario Cavaradossi), Sherrill Milnes (Baron Scarpia) & Paul Plishka (A Sacristan)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir & Wandsworth School Boy’s Choir, Zubin Mehta
Still one of the best versions with Mehta's dramatic conducting, Price's passionate Tosca, Domingo ideally lyrical and heroic and Milnes, if less nuanced than Gobbi, compellingly sadistic.
Puccini: Tosca
Leontyne Price (Floria Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Mario Cavaradossi), Sherrill Milnes (Baron Scarpia) & Paul Plishka (A Sacristan)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir & Wandsworth School Boy’s Choir, Zubin Mehta
Purchase product
Still one of the best versions with Mehta's dramatic conducting, Price's passionate Tosca, Domingo ideally lyrical and heroic and Milnes, if less nuanced than Gobbi, compellingly sadistic.
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Contents and tracklist
- New Philharmonia Orchestra, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Paul Plishka (bass), Clifford Grant (bass), Leontyne Price (soprano), John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Francis Egerton (tenor), John Gibbs (bass), David Pearl (soprano), Michael Rippon (bass)
- Zubin Mehta
Awards and reviews
March 2006
Still one of the best versions with Mehta's dramatic conducting, Price's passionate Tosca, Domingo ideally lyrical and heroic and Milnes, if less nuanced than Gobbi, compellingly sadistic.
2010 edition
Mehta's version boasts a fine cast, with the team of Domingo and Milnes at its most impressive.
