Puccini: Tosca

One can praise both [Dessi and Armiliato]for vierting from tradition by actually singing many phrases that most other singers deliver parlando...[Sgura possesses a timbre rather warmer than usual... — International Record Review, March 2012 More…

Release Date: 30th Jan 2012
Catalogue No: 101594
Label: Arthaus Musik

Puccini: Tosca

Live Recording from The Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa 2010
Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Mario Cavaradossi) & Claudio Sgura (Scarpia)
Teatro Carlo Felice
Marco Boemi (conductor) & Renzo Giacchieri (stage director)

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Set Design by ADOLF HOHENSTEIN

This production from the historic Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Italy, stars the opera world’s power couple, Daniela Dessì and Fabio Armiliato, as lovers Tosca and Cavaradossi. A tragic tale of doomed love interlaced with the age-old themes of jealousy, lust and intrigue, has ensured Tosca its place in the top ten of opera favourites.

The task of putting Tosca on the stage in a way that is credible and timeless is both straightforward and difficult. For the three main roles – the unscrupulous police chief Vitellio Scarpia and the painter Mario Cavaradossi, who provide a framework for Floria Tosca, “a famous singer” (both on stage and in real life), all you need is star performers of the required virtuosity, although they do need to display a certain enjoyment in performing – something one has never been able to take for granted in music theatre.

It should be made clear from the outset that the 2010 production at the Teatro Carlo Felice zu Genua, with its stage set based on Adolf Hohenstein’s original design for the work’s premiere, ticks all the boxes. Probably the best contemporary soprano-tenor combination (a couple in real life, too) – Daniela Dessì and Fabio Armiliato – are ranged against a worthy opponent in the form of Claudio Sgura as Baron Scarpia.

Sound Format: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1

Picture Format: 16:9

DVD Format: DVD 9, NTSC

Subtitle Languages: IT (Original Language), GB, DE, FR, ES, JP, Korean

Running Time: 140 mins

FSK: 0

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March 2012

One can praise both [Dessi and Armiliato]for vierting from tradition by actually singing many phrases that most other singers deliver parlando...[Sgura possesses a timbre rather warmer than usual for Scarpia - it's nice to hear 'Va, Tosca' sung rather than roared...The conductor, Marco Boemi, has the idiom solidly in hand and extracts full-blooded, sumptuous sound from the Genoa players

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