Tosca : melodramma in tre atti /

Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an outstanding cast including Bryn Terfel in his triumphant role debut as Scarpia in Puccini's great operatic thriller. Nikolaus Lehnhoff's sensational Amsterdam staging presents Tosca as a searing, timeless psychological dram...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
Corporate Authors:	Nederlandse Opera, Nederlands Operakoor (Performer), Concertgebouworkest (Performer), Nederlandse Programma Stichting, Decca Record Company
Other Authors:	Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908, Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906 (Librettist), Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919 (Librettist), Malfitano, Catherine (Performer), Terfel, Bryn (Performer), Margison, Richard, 1953- (Performer), Luperi, Mario (Performer), Chailly, Riccardo, 1953- (Conductor), Lehnhoff, Nikolaus, Bauer, Raimund, Bauer, Falk, Göbbel, Wolfgang, Vermeiren, Misjel
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian
Language Notes:	Sung in Italian with subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch and Chinese.
Published:	London, England : Decca, [2007]
Subjects:	Operas. Filmed operas.

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Summary:	Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an outstanding cast including Bryn Terfel in his triumphant role debut as Scarpia in Puccini's great operatic thriller. Nikolaus Lehnhoff's sensational Amsterdam staging presents Tosca as a searing, timeless psychological drama of political and private lust, set to Puccini's most spectacularly passionate score.
Item Description:	Filmed in 1998, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam. Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French in container. Bonus feature: Documentary, Tosca - behind the scenes. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-9; NTSC; soundtracks in DTS 5.1 (opera only), PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.
Production Credits:	Stage director, Nikolaus Lehnhoff; set deign, Raimund Bauer; costumes, Falk Bauer; lighting design, Wolfgang Göbbel; dramaturgy Klaus Bertisch; TV director, Misjel Vermeiren; a co-production of De Nederlandse Opera and NPS Television.