Opera (melodramma) in 3 acts Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica [Based: Victorien Sardou: La Tosca] First performance: January 14, 1900, Teatro Costanzi, Roma
Recorded: September 24, 1955
Tosca - Renata Heredia Capnist Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli Il barone Scarpia - Carlo Tagliabue Cesare Angelotti - Antonio Sacchetti Il Sagrestano - Vito de Taranto Spoletta - Renato Ercolani Un carceriere - Mario Zorgniotti Un pastore - Gisella Ravagnani
Franco Corelli was at the start of his international career when he was filmed in this 1955 Tosca. Renata Heredia Capnist sings the title role and Carlo Tagliabue is Scarpia. |