Puccini: Tosca
Leontyne Price (Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Sherrill Milnes (Scarpia), Paul Plishka (Il Sagristano), Clifford Grant (Angelotti), Francis Egerton (Spoletta), John Gibbs (Sciarrone)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Leontyne Price's… 'Vissi d'arte' is artistry incarnate… Domingo sounds young and ardent as Cavaradossi, and Milnes's villain is the most complete I've ever heard, projecting the meaning of...
Puccini: Tosca
Leontyne Price (Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Sherrill Milnes (Scarpia), Paul Plishka (Il Sagristano), Clifford Grant (Angelotti), Francis Egerton (Spoletta), John Gibbs (Sciarrone)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
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Leontyne Price's… 'Vissi d'arte' is artistry incarnate… Domingo sounds young and ardent as Cavaradossi, and Milnes's villain is the most complete I've ever heard, projecting the meaning of...
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Tosca is one of Puccini’s most popular operas and a tremendous vehicle for great singing actors offering endless dramatic possibilities for the three central characters. The central role of Tosca dominates the opera and is a role Leontyne Price, with her extraordinary vocal and acting skills has excelled in. Partnering Tosca as her lover Cavaradossi is PlÁcido Domingo, while Sherrill Milnes gives a powerful performance as the evil Baron Scarpia.
Recorded in 1973
Contents and tracklist
- Paul Plishka (bass), Leontyne Price (soprano), Francis Egerton (tenor), John Gibbs (bass), David Pearl (soprano), Michael Rippon (bass), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Clifford Grant (bass), Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
- Zubin Mehta
Spotlight on this release
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Giacomo Puccini
11th Jul 2014
James has a lovely time revelling in the wealth of magnificent Puccini recordings on offer, and selects some of his personal favourites.
Awards and reviews
October 2009
Leontyne Price's… 'Vissi d'arte' is artistry incarnate… Domingo sounds young and ardent as Cavaradossi, and Milnes's villain is the most complete I've ever heard, projecting the meaning of every line with the full range of vocal colour. Zubin Mehta's brazen approach is matched by an audio spectacular.
July 2014
I simply had to choose Leontyne Price in the role of Tosca; the emotion in her voice at the end of Vissi d'arte is just heartbreaking. Plácido Domingo is at his expressive best as Cavaradossi, bringing a tear to the eye in his Act Three aria, E lucevan le stelle. With Sherrill Milnes as a truly menacing Scarpia, this is an ideal cast, all marshalled superbly by Zubin Mehta conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra.
