Opera - Tosca

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)


Tosca Highlights 73:37
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou
English version by Edmund Tracey
from Act I
1 'Mario! Mario! Mario!' 3:04
Tosca, Cavaradossi
2 'Our little house in the country' 4:27
Tosca, Cavaradossi
3 'What eyes in all the wide world' 5:42
Cavaradossi, Tosca
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4 '(Ah, that explains it)' 7:45
Scarpia, Tosca, Sacristan

from Act II
5 'It seemed wise to arrest him . . .' 4:22
Spoletta, Scarpia, Choir, Cavaradossi, Tosca
6 'Now you and I can talk' 5:14
Scarpia, Tosca, Sciarrone, Cavaradossi
7 'Enough. Tosca, your answer' 3:48
Scarpia, Tosca, Cavaradossi, Spoletta, Sciarrone
8 'Floria!' 4:27
Cavaradossil, Tosca, Scarpia, Sciarrone
9 'How much?' 4:40
Tosca, Scarpia
10 'Life has taught me singing and loving' 7:15
Tosca, Scarpia, Spoletta
11 'Which route have you chosen?' 6:52
Scarpia, Tosca

from Act III
12 'Ah! Safe-conduct for Floria Tosca . . .' 2:49
Cavaradossi, Tosca
13 'Oh, hands of mercy' 8:34
Cavaradossi, Tosca, Jailor
14 'What a time they are taking!' 4:01
Tosca, Spoletta, Sciarrone, Soldiers
73:37
Jane Eaglen soprano - Floria Tosca
Dennis O'Neill tenor - Mario Cavaradossi
Gregory Yurisich baritone - Baron Scarpia
Andrew Shore baritone - Sacristan
John Daszak tenor - Spoletta
Christopher Booth-Jones baritone - Sciarrone
Ashley Holland baritone - Jailor
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Peter Kay Children`s Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry
Recorded in:
Blackheath Halls, London
25-27 & 29-30 August 1995
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Richard Smoker (Assistant)
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K