Puccini: Tosca
Renata Scotto (Tosca), Placido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Renato Bruson (Scarpia), John Cheek (Angelotti), Andrea Velis (Spoletta), Paul Hudson (Sciarrone), Dominick Martinez (Un pastore), Itzhak Perlman (Un carceriere)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & St Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir, James Levine
Levine shows good theatrical instincts throughout this Tosca, with his central cast all experienced in and expert in their roles. The orchestral detail of the score is well captured.
Puccini: Tosca
Renata Scotto (Tosca), Placido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Renato Bruson (Scarpia), John Cheek (Angelotti), Andrea Velis (Spoletta), Paul Hudson (Sciarrone), Dominick Martinez (Un pastore), Itzhak Perlman (Un carceriere)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & St Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir, James Levine
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Levine shows good theatrical instincts throughout this Tosca, with his central cast all experienced in and expert in their roles. The orchestral detail of the score is well captured.
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Contents and tracklist
- John Cheek (bass), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Renato Capecchi (bass-baritone), Renata Scotto (soprano), Andrea Velis (tenor), Renato Bruson (baritone), Paul Hudson (bass), Dominick Martinez (soprano), Itzhak Perlman (bass)
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, St Clement Danes School Boys' Choir
- James Levine
- Recorded: 1980-08-11
- Recording Venue: 29-31 July & 1, 2 & 11 August 1980, Kingsway Hall, London
Tosca - Opera in three acts (1997 Digital Remaster), Act I: Dammi i colori...Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi, Sacristan)
Track length2:59
Mario! Mario! Mario! (Tosca, Cavaradossi)
Track length7:22
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Tosca - Opera in three acts (1997 Digital Remaster), Act I: Ah, quegli occhi...Quale occhio al mondo (Tosca, Cavaradossi)
Track length6:20
Or tutto è chiaro...Tosca? Che non mi veda...Mario! Mario! (Scarpia, Tosca, Sacristan)
Track length3:17
Ed or fra noi parliam...Sciarrone, che dice il Cavalier? (Scarpia, Tosca, Sciarrone, Cavaradossi)
Track length5:21
Awards and reviews
February 2008
Levine shows good theatrical instincts throughout this Tosca, with his central cast all experienced in and expert in their roles. The orchestral detail of the score is well captured.
November 2008
Master violinist Itzhak Perlman is probably the most sonorous gaoler on any recording – a surprising cameo, indeed!