Giacomo Puccini - Tosca (2012) [DVD9 NTSC] (The Royal Opera House)

Giacomo Puccini - Tosca (2012) [DVD9 NTSC] (The Royal Opera House)


Actors: Angela Gheorghiu, Antonio Pappano
Directors: EMI Classics
Format: Multiple Formats, Classical, Color, NTSC
Language: Japanese (DTS 5.1), Japanese (Surround), Italian (DTS 5.1 Surround), Italian (PCM Stereo), German (DTS 5.1), German (Surround), English (DTS 5.1), English (Surround), French (DTS 5.1), French (Surround)
Subtitles: French, German, English, Japanese
Dubbed: English, French, German, Japanese
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Warner Classics
DVD Release Date: October 22, 2012
Run Time: 100 minutes

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Angela Gheorghiu, an iconic artist with a beautiful
voice and a star quality that dazzles on stage, captivated
the world in her role as Tosca, at the Royal Opera
House in July 2011. Puccini s ever-popular opera, Tosca,
returned to The Royal Opera House, where the stellar
cast included Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, the Royal
Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera
House, who were under the baton of Antonio Pappano,
the Music Director of the Royal Opera House. With the
all-star cast, opera history was in the making and was, by
far, the hottest ticket in town. For the majority of us who
were not lucky enough to be there, it has been captured
on this DVD, exclusively released by EMI Classics.
Gheorghiu received much praise and accolades as Tosca.
Laura Kate Wilson of Bachtrack wrote As Gheorghiu
delivered the chilling O Scarpia, avanti a Dio! ( Oh Scarpia,
we shall meet before God! ) and that final heart-wrenching
refrain rose from the orchestra pit it was clear that opera history
had been made, and I felt incredibly lucky to have witnessed
it. Rupert Christiansen of the Telegraph added that The
velvety smoothness of (Angela Gheorghiu s) line and tone was
something to marvel at.
The set includes pieces such as the Act I Te Deum, Vissi
d arte and E lucevan le stele. Jonathan Kent s detailed
production draws on the full historical backdrop of
Rome in 1800, a political world of control and suspicion,
beautifully evoked in Paul Brown s lavish designs. The
pageantry of church ritual, the darkness of a brooding
study with its hidden torture chamber and the false
optimism of the light of a Roman dawn all throw into
relief the love of the beautiful diva Tosca, the idealism
of her lover Cavaradossi and the deadly, destructive
obsession of the malevolent Chief of Police, Scarpia.
Drama, passion, and fabulous music.


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