CINEMA

Tosca - Metropolitan Opera

1978124m5.5 (2)
Music

A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the painter and political revolutionary in love with the beautiful and famous singer Tosca (the riveting Shirley Verrett). Rome’s diabolical chief of police, Baron Scarpia (Cornell MacNeil), wants Tosca for himself—but he underestimates the fury of a woman in love. With torture, murder, and a suicide in its final moments, Tosca packs more dramatic punches than most other operas—and this classic telecast captures them all. James Conlon conducts in a production by the incomparable Tito Gobbi, one of the great Scarpias of the 20th century.

Crew

Luigi Illica

Luigi Illica

Writer

Giuseppe Giacosa

Giuseppe Giacosa

Writer

Tito Gobbi

Tito Gobbi

Director

Kirk Browning

Kirk Browning

Director

CS

Christopher Sarson

Producer

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini

Original Music Composer

Cast

Shirley Verrett

Shirley Verrett

Floria Tosca

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

Mario Cavaradossi

Cornell MacNeil

Cornell MacNeil

Scarpia

FC

Fernando Corena

Sacristan

AV

Andrea Velis

Spoletta

JC

John Cheek

Angelotti

RC

Russell Christopher

Sciarrone

Robert Sapolsky

Robert Sapolsky

Sheperd

PB

Philip Booth

Jailer

James Conlon

James Conlon

Self - Conductor

MET Orchestra

MET Orchestra

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