Puccini: Tosca

Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Rome Opera Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Luciano Pavarotti (Performer), Alfredo Mariotti (Performer), Giuseppe Zecchillo (Performer), Ingvar Wixell (Performer), Mario Bolognesi (Performer), Raina Kabaivanska (Performer), Raina Kavaivanska (Performer), Ubaldo Carosi (Performer), Vittorio Gricolo (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti, Alfredo Mariotti, Giuseppe Zecchillo, Ingvar Wixell, Mario Bolognesi, et al.
• Orchestra: Rome Opera Theater Orchestra
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Audio CD (September 14, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003FJV
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,196 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. TOSCA: Act 1: Ah! Finalmente!

2. TOSCA: Act 1: E sempre lava!

3. TOSCA: Act 1: Dammi i colori

4. TOSCA: Act 1: Voi! Cavaradossi!

5. TOSCA: Act 1: Mario, Mario, Mario!

6. TOSCA: Act 1: Non la sospiri la nostra casetta

7. TOSCA: Act 1: Or lasciami al lavoro

8. TOSCA: Act 1: Ah, quegli occhi!

9. TOSCA: Act 1: E' buona la mia Tosca

10. TOSCA: Act 1: Tutta qui la cantoria! Presto!

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. TOSCA: Act II: Tosca e un buon falco

2. TOSCA: Act II: O glantuomo

3. TOSCA: Act II: Egli e la; Sale, ascende I' uman cantico

4. TOSCA: Act II: Ov'e Angelotti?

5. TOSCA: Act II: Ed or fra noi parliam

6. TOSCA: Act II: Ahime! - Mario, consenti ch'io parli?

7. TOSCA: Act II: Nel pozzo...Nel giardino!

8. TOSCA: Act II: Floria! - Amore. - Sei tu?

9. TOSCA: Act II: Vittoria! Vittoria!

10. TOSCA: Act II: Quanto? - Quanto? - Il prezzo!

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars pros and cons, March 23, 2001

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Robertson Thomas (Hapcheon, Gyeongnam, South Korea) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Puccini: Tosca (Audio CD)

The orchestral performance is the best orchestral performance of this opera that I've ever heard. They breeze through difficult passages as if they were child's play. The conductor must deserve some of the credit, because the change in key, tempo, and mood following "E luvecan le stelle" is smoothed over, whereas the change is unpleasant to me in most performances.

I was disappointed with Scarpia and Tosca, though. Scarpia lacks the robusity necessary for projecting a villanous role, and Tosca's Italian diction is horrendous. There's no disappointment with Cavaradossi, though. If you're a Pavarotti fan, buy it anyway.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kabaivanska: Prima Tosca! Pavarotti: Primo Mario!, April 21, 2000

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This review is from: Puccini: Tosca (Audio CD)

Kabaivanska and Pavarotti! What a combination in this Puccini masterpiece! Both voices are golden! Each is an artist without peer, and together they present the total verismo for which Puccini remains preeminent. The CD is an unusual improvement over the video primarily because Kabaivanska is the consumate actress and Pavarotti is not much of an actor. Thus, it is better to just listen to these two stellar artists, and there is no better CD to hear than this Tosca. Wexell (Scarpia) does a better than average performance although his diction is not as clean as it could be. The loss is not critical to the wonderful joy of the overall performance. Kabaivanska's "Vissi d'Arte" is heart-breakingly beautiful. She sings the verismo ornamentations with a purity rarely heard, especially in the third act. Pavarotti is especially grand when he sings of his love for Floria Tosca in the first act. Anyone who loves opera, and does not have this recording, should order it in all haste. Both the leading artists are so true to the intentions of Puccini one might think he wrote it with them in mind. Don't miss this! G. K. Brown, D.M.A. Prof. of Music (Ret.)

4.0 out of 5 stars All is good except Kabaivanska., March 12, 2011

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vinokurov (Belarus) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Puccini: Tosca (Audio CD)

Unfortunately Madame Kabaivanska no have front teeth.. What else can we explain such a horrible pronunciation? Her vibratto.. for an amateur. The orchestra is magnificent! Pavarotti is good.