Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca (movie)

Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca (movie)

  • Production country: US
  • Producer: Brian Large
  • Genre: Music
  • Release date: 1/1/1993
  • Run time: 120 min.

Movie description

Performed in the actual Roman settings described in the libretto. Moreover, the scenes take place at the appropriate times of day. Rome, June 1800. Floria Tosca is a celebrated opera singer, better known as La Tosca. Her lover is Mario Cavaradossi, a young artist and Bomapartist sympathizer. When the latter helps Angelotti, the leader of the opposition, to escape from prison and hides him in La Tosca's home, he antagonizes Baron Scarpia, the ruthless chief of police, all the more as his love for Tosca is unrequited.

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Catherine Malfitano

Catherine Malfitano

Role(s): Floria Tosca

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Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Role(s): Mario Cavaradossi

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Ruggero Raimondi

Ruggero Raimondi

Role(s): Il Barone Scarpia

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