| 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: October 22, 1961, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
 Tosca: Renata Tebaldi
 Cavaradossi: Gianni Poggi
 Scarpia: Gian Giacomo Guelfi
 Angelotti: Silvano Pagliuca
 Spoletta: Antonio Pirino
 Sacristan: Giorgio Onesti
 Sciarrone/Jailor: Arturo La Porta
 Shepherd: Takako Kurimoto
 
 Soprano Renata Tebaldi in one of her most celebrated portrayals. She is partnered by tenor Gianni Poggi as Cavaradossi and baritone Gian Giacomo Guelfi as Scarpia. The NHK Symphony Orchestra, NHK Italian Opera Chorus, and the Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus are under the direction of Arturo Basile.
 
 Embedded subtitles in Japanese remain onscreen throughout, with additional options to view subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Region 0 encoding: playable worldwide.
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