Tosca : opera in three acts /

The cruel and lustful police chief uses the jealousy of the famed singer Tosca to make her betray her lover who has hidden an escaped political prisoner. To save her lover, Tosca agrees to give herself to the police chief, but learns too late that he has tricked her when her lover is executed.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), Pioneer Entertainment
Other Authors:	Behrens, Hildegard, Domingo, Plácido, 1941-, MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011, Tajo, Italo, Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908, Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919, Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian
Published:	Long Beach, Cal : Pioneer Entertainment, [1994]
Subjects:	Operas.

Description
Summary:	The cruel and lustful police chief uses the jealousy of the famed singer Tosca to make her betray her lover who has hidden an escaped political prisoner. To save her lover, Tosca agrees to give herself to the police chief, but learns too late that he has tricked her when her lover is executed.
Item Description:	Italian with English subtitles. Videodisc release of the opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera in March 1985. Based on the play by Victorien Sardou. Program notes by David Hamilton and synopsis of scenes in English inserted in container. "PA 86-158." Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (127 min.) : sound, color, stereo. ; 12 in.
Format:	CLV extended play.
Production Credits:	Conductor, Giuseppe Sinopoli ; producer, Franco Zeffirelli ; costumes, Peter J. Hall.