Tosca (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtoska; ˈtɔska]) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples's control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's invasion of Italy. It contains depictions of torture, murder and suicide, as well as some of Puccini's best-known lyrical arias.
| Librettist | Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (Based on French-language dramatic play "La Tosca" by Victorien Sardou) |
| Date of composition | 1900 |
| Premiered | 1900, January 14th in Rome, Italy |
| Type | Opera |
| Approx. duration | 110 minutes |
| Spoken language | Italian |
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Orchestra
Voice (Soprano) - Floria Tosca, celebre cantante (a celebrated singer) Voice (Tenor) - Mario Cavaradossi, pittore (a painter) Voice (Bass) - Cesare Angelotti Voice (Baritone) - Baron Scarpia, capo della polizia (chief of police) Voice (Baritone) - Il Sagrestano (A Sacristan) Voice (Tenor) - Spoletta, agente di polizia (a police agent) Voice (Bass) - Sciarrone, un altro agente di polizia (another police agent) Voice (Bass) - Un carceriere (A Jailer) Voice (Alto) - Un pastore (A Shepherd boy) |
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Famous Works
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Giacomo Puccini: Tosca Giacomo Puccini: Tosca Giacomo Puccini: Tosca |
17.05.1985 Lugano in der Schweiz
Mirella Freni (27 febbraio 1935 – 9 febbraio 2020)arie da "Mefistofele", "Tosca", "Gianni Schicchi", "Don Carlo"live rec.1985 Foto Ken Howard
This is from a 1992 production in which Tosca was performed in the exact places of the libretto, in something close to real time. The orchestra was a few miles away. 1992, Conductor: Zubin Mehta. For a free English translation, please see the following: http://operainenglish.blogspot.it/2012/06/vissi-darte-tosca.html