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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.
Puccini saw Sardou's play when it was touring Italy in 1889 and, after some vacillation, obtained the rights to turn the work into an opera in 1895. Turning the wordy French play into a succinct Italian opera took four years, during which the composer repeatedly argued with his librettists and publisher. Tosca premiered at a time of unrest in Rome, and its first performance was delayed for a day for fear of disturbances. Despite indifferent reviews from the critics, the opera was an immediate success with the public.
Фильм-опера Тоска/Tosca 1956 год.
Maria Callas Tosca 1956 New York .mp4
Franco Corelli: e lucevan le stelle (Tosca, 1956)
Finale II Atto Tosca Maria Callas 1956
Maria CALLAS - Puccini: Tosca "VISSI D'ARTE" - New York 25/11/1956
Giacomo Puccini - TOSCA - Rai Torino, 12.10.1956
MARIA CALLAS sings "Vissi D'arte" on November 25, 1956
Scarpias Te Deum (Tosca)- Gian Giacomo Guelfi (Alfro Poli) 1956
Maria Callas as Tosca - Vissi d'arte (1956)
Z. Milanov & J. Bjorling "Mario, Mario!" Tosca Live 1956
Композитор Джакомо Пуччини. В ролях: Франко Корелли,Мария Канилья(голос).
TRES RARE "Tout premier document video de la Divine CALLAS" New York 25 Novembre 1956 Avec George London (Scarpia) Orchestre de la NBC dir. Dimitri Mitropoulos
Ed Sullivan - New York 1956 Mitropoulos
personaggi e interpreti Floria Tosca: Gigliola Frazzoni, Mario Cavaradossi : Ferruccio Tagliavini , Scarpia : Giangiacomo Guelfi, Angelotti : Antonio Zerbini, Il sacrestano : Alfredo Mariotti, Spoletta : Vittorio Pandano Sciarrone : Alberto Albertini, Un pastore : Edy Amedeo Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI Direttore Arturo Basile Registrazione del 12 ottobre 1956
Here we have Maria Callas inhabiting one of her signature roles. This 1956 performance of Puccini's "Tosca" is not identified regarding location so perhaps some Callas devotee can chime in with a comment in this regard. It's another discovery from the dusty crates at YouTube channel TheMotionDevotion, in this case an unlabeled Betamax videocassette of recordings from television. Our curator could not resist the urge to upload this clip next to Patti LaBelle & Morgana King in a side-by-side tribute to the DIVA-tude that all three epitomize. Patti LaBelle: http://youtu.be/Uc8DNwZHHBE Morgana King: http://youtu.be/qlmDWkuRu8A ALL of the other music clips on this channel can be easily accessed via the listing that you will find HERE: http://www.TheMotionDevotion.com/docs/ytmusic.htm ++++++...
Score animation of a 1956 TV performance (3:43) of "Vissi d'arte" from Puccini's "Tosca" (Ed Sullivan Show, CBS - New York). This is Callas' best recorded "Vissi d'arte". I love her '56 Tosca most of all. Such intensity, will never be seen again. ------------------------------------- Tosca. Act 2: Scarpia's apartment in the Palazzo Farnese. Baron Scarpia, chief of police, left with Tosca, proposes a bargain: if she gives herself to him, Cavaradossi will be freed. She is revolted, and repeatedly rejects his advances. Outside she hears the drums which announce an execution; as Scarpia awaits her decision, she sings a fervent prayer, a lyrical andante, perhaps the opera's best-known aria: Vissi d'arte ("I lived for art, I lived for love, never did I harm a living creature ... why, O Lord, w...
Metropolitan Opera April 4, 1956
February 1998
Today's emptiness, tomorrow's dream.
An addiction, like never seen.
All is still beneath an orange moon.
Everything remains, but without you.