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Sonya Yoncheva - Vissi d'arte - Tosca - Metropolitan Opera - 2018

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Vissi d'arte - Mirella Freni, Tosca

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Mirella Freni (1935-2020)

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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
Instruments 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)
In listings Famous Works
Autotranslations beta Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

Sonya Yoncheva - Vissi d'arte - Tosca - Metropolitan Opera - 2018

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Vissi d'arte - Mirella Freni, Tosca

17.05.1985 Lugano in der Schweiz

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Mirella Freni (1935-2020)

Mirella Freni (27 febbraio 1935 – 9 febbraio 2020)arie da "Mefistofele", "Tosca", "Gianni Schicchi", "Don Carlo"live rec.1985 Foto Ken Howard

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Catherine Malfitano - Tosca - Vissi d'arte

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

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