There are 236 recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini on file

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1 Adler Kurt - 1959(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

2 Adler Kurt - 1962(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

3 Adler Kurt - 1962(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

4 Adler Kurt - 1979(LI) - Opera Company of Philadelphia*

5 Adler Kurt Herbert - 1979(LI) - San Francisco Opera***

6 Adler Peter Herman - 1955(FI) - Symphony of the Air Orchestra*

7 Allemandi Antonello - 2003(LI) - Houston Grand Opera*

8 Amati Giancarlo - 1961?(SE) - Orchestre*

9 Andersson Knud - 1966(LI) - New Orleans Opera*

10 Antonicelli Giuseppe - 1947(LE) - Metropolitan Opera*

11 Antonicelli Giuseppe - 1950(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

12 Argento Pietro - 1965(LI) - Orchestra del Teatro Communale dell'Opera di Genova***

13 Badea Christian - 1993(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

14 Bartoletti Bruno - 1964(LI) - Chicago Lyric Opera*

15 Bartoletti Bruno - 1965(LI) - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

16 Bartoletti Bruno - 1976(FI) - New Philharmonia Orchestra**

17 Bartoletti Bruno - 2005(LI) - Chicago Lyric Opera*

18 Basile Arturo - 1955(RA) - RAI Torino*

19 Basile Arturo - 1961(LI) - NHK Symphony Orchestra***

20 Basile Arturo - 1965(LI) - RAI Roma*

21 Bauer-Theussl Franz - 1961?(SE) - Wiener Volksoper*

22 Behr Jan - 1975(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

23 Bellezza Vincenzo - 1955(LI) - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

24 Bellini Gabriele - 1982(STU) - Bulgarian Philharmonic*

25 Benedetti René - 1951(LE) - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*

26 Benini Maurizio - 2004(LC) - Teatro Real, Madrid**

27 Benzi Roberto - 1969(LI) - Omroep Orkest*

28 Boncompagni Elio - 1981(LI) - L'Opéra de Marseille*

29 Bradshaw Richard - 1989?LI) - Canadian Opera Company***

30 Buckley Emerson - 1967(LI) - New York City Opera*

31 Bychkov Semyon - 1997(LI;Gorchakova) - Teatro alla Scala***

32 Bychkov Semyon - 1997(LI;Millo) - Teatro alla Scala*

33 Campori Angelo - 1976(LI) - Orchestra Stabile Emiglia-Romagna*

34 Chailly Riccardo - 1998(LI;Malfitano) - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra**

35 Chailly Riccardo - 1998(LI;Miricioiu) - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*

36 Cillario Carlo Felice - 1962(LI) - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires*

37 Cillario Carlo Felice - 1964(LI) - Covent Garden*

38 Cillario Carlo Felice - 1964(SE) - Covent Garden**

39 Cillario Carlo Felice - 1968(LI) - Elizabethan Trust Orchestra*

40 Cleva Fausto - 1952(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

41 Cleva Fausto - 1964(LI;18/4/64 - Nilsson) - Metropolitan Opera*

42 Cleva Fausto - 1964(LI;22/3/1964 - Tebaldi) - Metropolitan Opera*

43 Cleva Fausto - 1965(LI;17/4/65) - Metropolitan Opera*

44 Cleva Fausto - 1965(LI;19/3/65) - Metropolitan Opera*

45 Cleva Fausto - 1965(LI;23/3/65) - Metropolitan Opera*

46 Cleva Fausto - 1965(LI;3/4/65) - Metropolitan Opera*

47 Cleva Fausto - 1967(LI) - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

48 Cloéz Gustav - 1932(STU) - L'Opéra-Comique de Paris*

49 Cluytens André - 1966(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*

50 Conlon James - 1978(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

51 Conlon James - 1979(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

52 Conlon James - 2005(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

53 Davis Colin - 1976(STU) - Covent Garden*

54 Davis Colin - 1979(LI) - Covent Garden***

55 DeMain John - 1984(LI) - Houston Grand Opera*

56 Domingo Plácido - 2000(LI) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma**

57 Downes Edward - 1961(LI) - Covent Garden*

58 Downes Edward - 1972?(LI) - Covent Garden*

59 Erdélyi Miklós - 1960?(SE) - Hungarian State Opera*

60 Erede Alberto - 1952(STU) - Santa Cecilia*

61 Erede Alberto - 1975(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

62 Erede Alberto - 1977(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*

63 Erede Alberto - 1986 - Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra**

64 Ermler Mark - 1976(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*

65 Etcheverry Jésus - 1961(SE) - Orchestre*

66 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1938(STU) - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma*

67 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1954(LI) - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro*

68 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1956(FI) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma**

69 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1961(LI) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

70 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1962(LE) - Arena di Verona*

71 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1963(LI) - Teatro Massimo di Palermo*

72 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1971(LI) - Orquesta de Cámara de Madrid*

73 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1973(LI) - NHK Symphony Orchestra***

74 Fabritiis Oliviero De - 1973(LI) - Teatro São Carlos (Lisboa)*

75 Frajese Carlo - 1984(LI) - Teatro dell'Aquila (Fermo)*

76 Gandolfi Romano - 1983(LI) - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

77 Gatti Daniele - 2002(LI) - Teatro Comunale di Bologna**

78 Gatto Armando - 1976(LI) - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

79 Gavazzeni Gianandrea - 1958(LI)-Brussels - Teatro alla Scala*

80 Gavazzeni Gianandrea - 1959(LI)-Milan - Teatro alla Scala*

81 Gibson Alexander - 1957(LI) - Covent Garden*

82 Giovaninetti Reynald - 1989(LI) - Pittsburgh Opera*

83 Guadagno Anton - 1964(LI) - Lyric Opera of Philadelphia*

84 Guadagno Anton - 1977?(LI) - National Philharmonic Orchestra*

85 Guadagno Anton - 1997(LI) - Orchestra del Festival Puccini*

86 Guarnieri Arrigo - 1953(SE) - Orchestra Antonio Guarnieri di Milano*

87 Gullberg Jensen Eivind - 2007(LI) - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin*

88 Halasz Laszlo - 1971(LI) - Orchestra*

89 Herbert Walter - 1946(LE) - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*

90 Jensen Allen - 1968(LI) - Orchestra*

91 Karajan Herbert von - 1962(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*

92 Karajan Herbert von - 1962(STU) - Wiener Philharmoniker*

93 Karajan Herbert von - 1979(STU) - Berliner Philharmoniker*

94 Karajan Herbert von - 1982(LI) - Berliner Philharmoniker*

95 Klobucar Berislav - 1959(SE) - Berliner Symphoniker*

96 Kohn Eugene - 1985(LI) - Australian Opera*

97 Kraus Richard - 1953(RA) - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

98 Krips Josef - 1967(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*

99 Lazarev Alexander - 198?(STU) - Bolshoi Theatre*

100 Leinsdorf Erich - 1957(STU) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

101 Levine James - 1970(LI) - San Francisco Opera*

102 Levine James - 1971(LI;12/6/71) - Metropolitan Opera*

103 Levine James - 1971(LI;6/11/71) - Metropolitan Opera*

104 Levine James - 1980(STU) - Philharmonia Orchestra*

105 López Cobos Jesús - 1976(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*

106 López Cobos Jesús - 1976(LI) - Chicago Lyric Opera*

107 López Cobos Jesús - 1977(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*

108 López Cobos Jesús - 1985(LI) - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

109 Ludwig Leopold - 1944(RA) - Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester*

110 Lukács - Pál Varga - Vilmos Komor Miklós - 1955?(SCE) - Hungarian State Opera*

111 Maazel Lorin - 1966(SE) - Santa Cecilia*

112 Maazel Lorin - 1966(STU) - Santa Cecilia*

113 Maazel Lorin - 1969(LI) - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

114 McConathy Osborne - 1972(LI) - Boston Opera*

115 Mehta Zubin - 1968(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

116 Mehta Zubin - 1973(STU) - New Philharmonia Orchestra*

117 Mehta Zubin - 1992(FI) - RAI Roma***

118 Mehta Zubin - 2001(STU) - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

119 Mehta Zubin - 2005(LI) - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

120 Mercurio Steven - 1994(LI) - Opera Company of Philadelphia*

121 Merola Gaetano - 1932(Act 1;LE) - San Francisco Opera*

122 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1955(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

123 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1956(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

124 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1957(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

125 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1957(SE) - Metropolitan Opera*

126 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1958(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

127 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1959(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

128 Mitropoulos Dimitri - 1960(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

129 Molajoli Lorenzo - 1929(STU) - Teatro alla Scala*

130 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1951(RA) - RAI Torino*

131 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1955(LI) - Covent Garden*

132 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1959(STU) - Santa Cecilia*

133 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1964(LI) - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro*

134 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1969(LI;Kónya) - Metropolitan Opera*

135 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1969(LI;Tucker) - Metropolitan Opera*

136 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1970(LI;Ross) - Metropolitan Opera*

137 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1970(LI;Tebaldi) - Metropolitan Opera*

138 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1974(LI) - Teatro alla Scala*

139 Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - 1975(LE) - Teatro Margherita di Genova*

140 Montgomery Kenneth - 1978(LI) - Omroeporkest*

141 Morandi Pier Giorgio - 2000(LI) - Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Istituzione Concertistico Orchestrale della Provincia di Bari**

142 Morar Adrian - 2007(LI) - Opera Nationala Bucuresti*

143 Morelli Giuseppe - 1967(LI) - Teatro Regio di Parma*

144 Morelli Giuseppe - 1974(LI) - New York City Opera*

145 Morelli Giuseppe - 1975(LI) - New York City Opera*

146 Morelli Giuseppe - 1975(LI) - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)*

147 Moresco Carlo - 1963(LI) - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

148 Moresco Carlo - 1967(LI) - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

149 Moresco Carlo - 1968(LI) - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

150 Mugnai Umberto - 1950(LI) - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*

151 Muti Riccardo - 1991-92(LC) - Philadelphia Orchestra*

152 Muti Riccardo - 2000(LC; Guleghina, Licitra) - Teatro alla Scala***

153 Muti Riccardo - 2000(LI; Casolla, Licitra) - Teatro alla Scala*

154 Muti Riccardo - 2000(LI; Casolla, Volonte) - Teatro alla Scala*

155 Notev Giorgio - 1993(LI) - Sofia Symphony Orchestra*

156 Oren Daniel - 1984(LI) - Verona Arena***

157 Oren Daniel - 1990(LI) - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma***

158 Oren Daniel - 2000(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

159 Oren Daniel - 2006(LI) - Arena di Verona**

160 Ozawa Seiji - 1980(LI) - Teatro alla Scala**

161 Ozawa Seiji - 1982(LI) - L'Opéra de Paris**

162 Ozawa Seiji - 1998?(SE) - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

163 Ozawa Seiji - 2003(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*

164 Panizza Ettore - 1942(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

165 Pappano Antonio - 2000(STU) - Covent Garden***

166 Pappano Antonio - 2006(LI) - Covent Garden*

167 Parenti Mario - 1959(LI) - Orchestra del Comitato Estate Livornese*

168 Parry David - 1995(STU) - Philharmonia Orchestra*

169 Patanè Franco - 1961(LI) - Württembergische Staatsoper**

170 Patanè Franco - 1962(LI) - Lyric Opera of Philadelphia*

171 Patanè Giuseppe - 1980(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

172 Patanè Giuseppe - 1981(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

173 Patanè Giuseppe - 1985(LI) - Bayerische Staatsoper*

174 Peloso Paolo - 1978(LI) - San Francisco Opera*

175 Peroni Carlo - 1941(ACT 3;SE) - Chicago Opera*

176 Picco Guido - 1952(LI) - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*

177 Plasson Michel - 1991(LI) - Covent Garden*

178 Prêtre Georges - 1960(SE) - L'Opéra de Paris*

179 Prêtre Georges - 1964(STU) - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)*

180 Prêtre Georges - 1965(LI) - Covent Garden*

181 Quadri Argeo - 1951(STU) - Wiener Staatsoper*

182 Rahbari Alexander - 1990(STU) - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra*

183 Rahbari Alexander - 1995(STU) - Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona*

184 Rescigno Nicola - 1965(LI) - L'Opéra de Paris*

185 Rescigno Nicola - 1978(STU) - National Philharmonic Orchestra*

186 Rivoli Gianfranco - 1982(LI) - L'Opéra de Paris*

187 Rizzi Carlo - 2000(LI) - Covent Garden*

188 Rizzi Carlo - 2001(LI) - Opernhaus Zürich*

189 Rosenthal Manuel - 1960(STU) - L'Opéra de Paris*

190 Rostropovich Mstislav - 1976(STU) - Orchestre National de France*

191 Rudel Julius - 1974(LI) - Los Angeles Opera*

192 Sabajno Carlo - 1918-19(STC) - Grande Orchestra*

193 Sabajno Carlo - 1919(STU) - Grande Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano*

194 Sabajno Carlo - 1929-30(STU) - Teatro alla Scala*

195 Sabata Victor de - 1953(STU) - Teatro alla Scala*

196 Santi Nello - 1977(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

197 Santi Nello - 1999(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

198 Sanzogno Nino - 1971(LI) - Chicago Lyric Opera*

199 Sanzogno Nino - 1972(LI) - San Francisco Opera*

200 Savini Ino - 1972(LI) - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*

201 Schick George - 1969(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

202 Schirmer Ulf - 2007(LI) - Wiener Symphoniker**

203 Schröder Kurt - 1950(RA) - Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks*

204 Schüchter Wilhelm - 1953(RA) - Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)*

205 Sébastian Georges - 1958(Act 2;LE) - L'Opéra de Paris***

206 Seibel Klauspeter - 1975(LI) - Frankfurter Oper*

207 Serafin Tullio - 1957(STU) - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

208 Severini Tiziano - 1989(LI) - Teatro alla Scala*

209 Silipigni Alfredo - 1970(LI) - New Jersey Opera*

210 Sinopoli Giuseppe - 1985(LC) - Metropolitan Opera**

211 Sinopoli Giuseppe - 1990(STU) - Philharmonia Orchestra*

212 Sodero Cesare - 1944(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

213 Sodero Cesare - 1946(LI) - Metropolitan Opera*

214 Solti Georg - 1984(STU) - National Philharmonic Orchestra*

215 Stapleton Robin - 1977(LI;Caballé) - Covent Garden*

216 Stapleton Robin - 1977(LI;Vishnevskaya) - Covent Garden*

217 Stein Horst - 1960(STU) - Staatskapelle Berlin*

218 Stein Horst - 1976(LI) - Wiener Staatsoper*

219 Steinkopf Hanns - 1941(RE) - Reichsender Berlin*

220 Strasfogel Ignace - 1958?(SE) - PIANO*

221 Suitner Otmar - 1983(LI) - Berliner Staatsoper*

222 Svetlanov Evgeny - 1964(STU) - USSR State Orchestra*

223 Szreder Tomasz - 2000? - Wroclaw Opera*

224 Tieri Emidio - 1951(STU) - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

225 Tieri Emidio - 1957(RA) - RAI Milano*

226 Tilson Thomas Michael - 1988(STU) - Hungarian State Orchestra*

227 Trailescu Cornel - 1977(STU) - National Opera of Bucharest*

228 Varviso Silvio - 1981(LI) - Covent Garden*

229 Varviso Silvio - 1985(LI) - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (expanded)*

230 Veltri Michelangelo - 1994(LI) - L'Opéra National de Paris**

231 Ventura Alberto - 1975(LI) - NHK Symphony Orchestra***

232 Vernizzi Fulvio - 1960(FI) - RAI Torino***

233 Viotti Marcello - 1998(LI) - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

234 Votto Antonino - 1951(LE) - Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro*

235 Votto Antonino - 1955(FI) - RAI Milano***

236 Wolff Albert - 1953(SE) - L'Opéra Comique de Paris*

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Eleanor Steber

Mario Cavaradossi - Carlo Bergonzi

Il barone Scarpia - George London

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Cesare Angelotti - Lorenzo Alvary

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - Osie Hawkins

Un pastore - Peter Burke

Un carceriere - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 951.120 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Living Stage LS 1108 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.62

Opéra International - juin 1997 No.214 p.54

Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.138

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.74 octubre 2004 p.87 [VM]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 April 1959)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Leontyne Price

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil

Il Sagristano - Ezio Flagello

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Alan Fischer

Un carceriere - Roald Reitan

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 925.70 {2CDS} (1995)ª; *Bensar OL 4762 (+highlights from Lucia di Lammermoor and Pagliacci with; Corelli) {2CDRS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Februar 1993 S.49

Opéra International - No.175 décembre 1993 p.74

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 April 1962)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Morley Meredith

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Alan Fischer

Un carceriere - Roald Reitan

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers TOS 196203 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (6 February 1962). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Chorus - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Floria Tosca - Renata Scotto

Mario Cavaradossi - Gianfranco Cecchele

Il barone Scarpia - Justino Díaz

Il Sagristano - Renato Capecchi

Cesare Angelotti - Gary Kendall

Spoletta - Joseph Frank

Sciarrone - Cornelius Sullivan

Un pastore - C. Brian Woodward

Un carceriere - Joseph Pate

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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2002)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (April 1979). The performance on 29 April 1979 was broadcast. The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in Addenda No Ito his CD catalogue dated 2002

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - Opera Guild Chorus - Las Piñas Boys Choir

Floria Tosca - Éva Marton

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Justino Díaz

Il Sagristano - Italo Tajo

Cesare Angelotti - Boris Martinovich

Spoletta - Joseph Frank

Sciarrone - Dan Sullivan

Un pastore - Ariel Gambayan

Un carceriere - John Miller

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2577-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporatwd #1140 (NTSC) (1987)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) given by the San Francisco Opera Association in The Theater for the Performing Arts Cultural Center of the Philippines (December 1979). The cast listed above is that given in the online San Francisco Opera Performing Archive (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRS issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated April 2007

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor Peter Herman Adler - 1955(FI)

Orchestra - Symphony of the Air Orchestra

Floria Tosca - Leontyne Price

Mario Cavaradossi - David Poleri

Il barone Scarpia - Josh Wheeler

Il Sagristano - Emile Renan

Cesare Angelotti - Thomas Stewart

Spoletta - Michael Pollack

Sciarrone - Francis Monachino

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics Incorporated LCD 233-1 {1CD} (1998)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site on a Disc #7» {1xCD-ROM} (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of the soundtrack of a television film (broadcast 22 or 23 January 1955)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonello Allemandi - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - Houston Grand Opera

Chorus - Houston Grand Opera

Floria Tosca - Maria Guleghina

Mario Cavaradossi - Alfredo Portilla

Il barone Scarpia - Franz Grundheber

Il Sagristano - Richard Sutliff

Cesare Angelotti - Nikolai Didenko

Spoletta - Jonathan Green

Sciarrone - Joshua Hopkins

Un pastore - Evan Henke

Un carceriere - Harrison Gerald Moore

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2801-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Houston Grand Opera (October 2003). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» dated August 2008.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Giancarlo Amati - 1961?(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Floria Tosca - Suzanne Sarroca

Mario Cavaradossi - Gustave Botiaux

Il barone Scarpia - Adrien Legros

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Black Disc - Orphée E 51.012 {1LP} (mono); Orphée E 61.014 {1LP} (stereo) Vogue LDM 30133 {1LP}; Mode CMDINT 9498 {1LP}

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- The Orphée LP is advertized in DIAPASON No.62 décembre 1961 p.29

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Knud Andersson - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Floria Tosca - Gabriella Tucci

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Cesare Bardelli

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1630-2 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.193 aprile 2005 p.40 [GL]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New Orleans Opera (October 1966; see OPERA February 1967 p.123).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1947(LE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Elen Dosia

Mario Cavaradossi - Jan Peerce

Il barone Scarpia - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il Sagristano - Melchiorre Luise

Cesare Angelotti - Lorenzo Alvary

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Irene Jordan

Un carceriere - Lawrence Davidson

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4042

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance at the MET (15 November 1947). I do not know if all the singers listed above appear in the recording of excerpts issued by Omega.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Stella Roman

Mario Cavaradossi - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Il barone Scarpia - Alexander Svéd

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Cesare Angelotti - Lorenzo Alvary

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - Clifford Harvuot

Un pastore - Thelma Altman

Un carceriere - Lawrence Davidson

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1300 (& 513)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 January 1950). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.467-469. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source is described as «Very Good private acetates». Omega has also issued another «Nearly Complete» recording (1178).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Pietro Argento - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra del Teatro Communale dell'Opera di Genova

Chorus - Coro del Teatro Commubale dell'Opera di Genova

Floria Tosca - Marcella Pobbe

Mario Cavaradossi - Gianni Raimondi

Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3420

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6389 (2008)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution (Legato) 1947 (NTSC) (1990)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Politeama Margherita, Genova (May 1965). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The DVDR issued by Premiere is listed in «New Releases» dated Tuesday 08 January 2008.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Christian Badea - 1993(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Mario Cavaradossi - Lando Bartolini

Il barone Scarpia - James Morris

Il Sagristano - Renato Capecchi

Cesare Angelotti - Alan Held

Spoletta - Charles Anthony

Sciarrone - Philip Cokorinos

Un pastore - Adrien Finckel

Un carceriere - Raymond Aceto

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TOS 199301 (Canada)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (9 January 1993). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Floria Tosca - Régine Crespin

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Giorgio Tadeo

Cesare Angelotti - Renato Cesari

Spoletta - Robert Schmorr

Sciarrone - Bernard Izzo

Un pastore - Elizabeth Fischer

Un carceriere - Kay Charles Graves

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1216

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (27 November 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Floria Tosca - Régine Crespin

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil

Il Sagristano - Eduardo Ferracani

Cesare Angelotti - Mario Verazzi

Spoletta - Carlos Giusti

Sciarrone - Héctor Barbieri

Un pastore - C. Slivskin

Un carceriere - Pino de Vescovi

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2471-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. (10 July 1965). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1976(FI)

Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Singers

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Sherrill Milnes

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Giancarlo Luccardi

Spoletta - Mario Ferrara

Sciarrone - Bruno Grella

Un pastore - Plácido Domingo jnr.

Un carceriere - Domenico Medici

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Laser Disc - Decca 071 402-1 (PAL); London 071 502-1 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Decca 071 402-9 (2001)ª; DG 073 4038 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Decca 071 402-3 (PAL)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1988 p.580

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 pp.182-183 [JK]

Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.64 (DVD) [MK]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.120-124 [TE]

Opéra International - No.267 avril 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 p.123 [MP]

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.303-306 [DF]

Répertoire - No.157 mai 2002 p.42 [PT]

Comments:- A film made on location in Rome

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 2005(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Floria Tosca - Aprile Millo

Mario Cavaradossi - Neil Shicoff

Il barone Scarpia - Samuel Ramey

Il Sagristano - Dale Travis

Cesare Angelotti - Wayne Tigges

Spoletta - David Cangelosi

Sciarrone - Levi Hernández

Un pastore - Elizabeth Ro

Un carceriere - Brandon Mayberry

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1754-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2006 S.58 [GH]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (14 February 2005).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1955(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Floria Tosca - Gigliola Frazzoni

Mario Cavaradossi - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Il barone Scarpia - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Antonio Zerbini

Spoletta - Vittorio Pandano

Sciarrone - Alberto Albertini

Un pastore - Edy (Editta) Amedeo

Un carceriere - Alberto Albertini

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Black Disc - Cetra OLPC1261 1-2 {2LPS} *Concert Hall CM 2286 A/B {2LPS}; Orpheus MMS 2286 {2LPS} (Italy) Balkatron BOA 1573 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Warner Fonit 8573 87479-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1960 p.179; July 1977 p.221

Opera - September 1960 p.637

Orpheus - Dezember 2001 S.56-S.57 [GH]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus - Fujiwara Opera Chorus

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Gianni Poggi

Il barone Scarpia - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Il Sagristano - Arturo La Porta

Cesare Angelotti - Silvano Pagliuca

Spoletta - Antonio Pirino

Sciarrone - Giorgio Onesti

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 313-314 {2LPS} (Japan)

Compact Disc - Seven Seas K33Y 105-6 {2CDS} (Japan)

Laser Disc - *King Video 534L 11-2 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - NHK Video KIBM 1013 (Japan) (2002)ª; Video Artists International DVDVAI 4416 (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - November + Dezember 2007 S.70 (DVD) [GH]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.106 diciembre 2007 p.84 (DVD) [PN]

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance in Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo (22 October 1961). See OPERA, April 1962 p.262

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Floria Tosca - Antonietta Stella

Mario Cavaradossi - Renato Cioni

Il barone Scarpia - Louis Quilico

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Graziano Del Vivo

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Renzo Gonzales

Un pastore - Daniela Mazzucato (Meneghini)

Un carceriere - Enzo Viaro

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Compact Disc; - Fiori FI 1050 (Downloadable MP3 file - 320 KBps) (2008)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 13 October 1965. The cast and date listed above are as given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.180. The mp3 file issued on thr «Fiori» label may be downloaded from the website http://opera-club.net (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date is given as 25 September 1965. This may be the date that the recording was made.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Franz Bauer-Theussl - 1961?(SE)

Orchestra - Wiener Volksoper

Chorus - Wiener Volksoper

Floria Tosca - Gerda Scheyrer

Mario Cavaradossi - Waldemar Kmentt

Il barone Scarpia - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Il Sagristano - Ludwig Welter

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Black Disc - Eurodisc 70 018 KR (mono) {1LP}; Eurodisc S 70 019 KR (stereo) {1LP}Ariola Eurodisc Z 77035 R (stereo) {1LP}

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Jan Behr - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero

Mario Cavaradossi - James King

Il barone Scarpia - Ingvar Wixell

Il Sagristano - Richard Best

Cesare Angelotti - Edmond Karlsrud

Spoletta - Charles Anthony

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Paul Offenkrantz

Un carceriere - Arthur Thompson

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 205 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1007 (highlights as filler to performance conducted by Conlon - 1979) {3CDS} (2002)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1299

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.56 [IW]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (3 April 1975, Olivero's debut in this theater). The conductor is sometimes incorrectly given as Conlon. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Floria Tosca - Leyla Gencer

Mario Cavaradossi - Vittorio De Santis

Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Sagristano - Melchiorre Luise

Cesare Angelotti - Aldo Terraso

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Gerardo Gaudioso

Un pastore - Nino Tarallo

Un carceriere - Silvio Santarelli

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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 752 {2CDS} ; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66331 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6486-6487 (+Leyla Gencer -; recital) {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - November 1994 p.63; 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.61 [IW]

Opéra International - juin 1997 No.214 p.54

American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.212 [MM]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Naples (21 January 1955). The cast listed above is that give in the performance chronology of the Leyla-gencer website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Bellini - 1982(STU)

Orchestra - Bulgarian Philharmonic

Chorus - Bulgarian National Chorus

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Nazzareno Antinori

Il barone Scarpia - Nelson Portella

Il Sagristano - Enzo Dara

Cesare Angelotti - Enzo Dara

Spoletta - Roumen Doikov

Sciarrone - Stoyan Balabanov

Un pastore - Stoyan Balabanov

Un carceriere - Borislav Peev

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Black Disc - Frequenz 2DAA {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Arts 47158-2 {2CDS}

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.59

Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1984 No.72 p.54 [SS]

American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.153

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.101 julio-agosto 1997 p.70 (mention)

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.91 [PN]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor René Benedetti - 1951(LE)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Floria Tosca - Margaret Mas

Mario Cavaradossi - Libero De Luca

Il barone Scarpia - Paul Cabanel

Il Sagristano - René Gachet

Cesare Angelotti - Edmond Chatenet

Spoletta - Dina Franca

Sciarrone - Athur Wehri

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Compact Disc; - Malibran Music MR 659 {1CD} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a part of performance given in a French translation by Paul Ferrier.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Benini - 2004(LC)

Orchestra - Teatro Real, Madrid

Chorus - Teatro Real, Madrid

Floria Tosca - Daniela Dessi

Mario Cavaradossi - Fabio Armiliato

Il barone Scarpia - Ruggero Raimondi

Il Sagristano - Miguel Solá

Cesare Angelotti - Marco Spotti

Spoletta - Emilio Sánchez

Sciarrone - Josep Miquel Ribot

Un pastore - Eliana Bayón

Un carceriere - Francisco Santiago

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DVD (Video) - Opus Arte OA 0901D (2004)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2005 pp.100-101 [EG]

Fanfare - Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.266-267 [RT]

Orpheus - 11+12 November+Dezember 2004 S.74-S.75 [IW]

Opéra International - No.294 octobre 2004 p.89 [JC]

Diapason - No.518 octobre 2004 p.141 [MP]

International Record Review - October 2004 p.83 [MVA]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.74 octubre 2004 p.82 [PMH]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.188 novembre 2004 p.97 [GL]

Comments:- *A video recording made at performances in the Teatro Real, Madrid (19, 22 January 2004).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Roberto Benzi - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Omroep Orkest

Chorus - Nederlands Operakoor

Floria Tosca - Gré Brouwenstijn

Mario Cavaradossi - Ermanno Mauro

Il barone Scarpia - Jan Derksen

Il Sagristano - Marco Bakker

Cesare Angelotti - Pieter Van Den Berg

Spoletta - Nico Boer

Sciarrone - Hubert Waber

Un carceriere - Tom Haenen

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Compact Disc - Globe GLO 5127 {2CDS}

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - May 1995 p.65

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.259

Opéra International - juin 1997 No.214 p.54

American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.153

Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.103

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Circustheater, Scheveingen (23 December 1969)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Elio Boncompagni - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Marseille

Chorus - L'Opéra de Marseille

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Il barone Scarpia - Ingvar Wixell

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers TOS 198102 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Marseille Opera (1 February 1981). The performance on 28 January 1981 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL mars 1981 No.37 pp.34-35. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bradshaw - 1989?LI)

Orchestra - Canadian Opera Company

Chorus - Canadian Opera Company

Floria Tosca - Stefka Evstatieva

Mario Cavaradossi - Vyscheslav Polozov

Il barone Scarpia - Cornelius Opthof

Il Sagristano - Peter Strummer

Cesare Angelotti - Philip Skinner

Spoletta - Guillermo Silva-Marin

Sciarrone - John Avey

Un carceriere - Robert Milne

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TOS 19901 {2CDRS} (Canada)

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution (Legato) 1850 (NTSC) (1989)ª; Pickwick (PAL)

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Emerson Buckley - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Floria Tosca - Jeannine Crader

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Richard Fredricks

Il Sagristano - Jack Bittner

Cesare Angelotti - David Smith

Spoletta - Nico Castel

Sciarrone - William Beck

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Don Yule

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Compact Disc - Foyer 2-CF 2023

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (5 October 1967)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Semyon Bychkov - 1997(LI;Gorchakova)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Galina Gorchakova

Mario Cavaradossi - Neil Shicoff

Il barone Scarpia - Ruggero Raimondi

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Luigi Roni

Spoletta - Mario Bolognesi

Sciarrone - Silvestro Sammaritano

Un pastore - Carlo Andrea Masciadri

Un carceriere - Ernesto Panariello

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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4777 (1998)ª

DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2111 (2005)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at La Scala (July 1997; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL septembre 1997 No.216 p.39). The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listings (ALD) Winter 1998» and the DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Semyon Bychkov - 1997(LI;Millo)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Aprile Millo

Mario Cavaradossi - Sergei Larin

Il barone Scarpia - Carlo Guelfi

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Luigi Roni

Spoletta - Iorio Zennaro

Sciarrone - Silvestro Sammaritano

Un pastore - Giovanni Damiani

Un carceriere - Aldo Bramante

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08414

Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (18 July 1997)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Campori - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Stabile Emiglia-Romagna

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Floria Tosca - Raina Kabaivanska

Mario Cavaradossi - José Carreras

Il barone Scarpia - Renato Bruson

Il Sagristano - Franco Federici

Cesare Angelotti - Alfonso Marchica

Spoletta - Aronne Ceroni

Sciarrone - Bruno Grella

Un carceriere - Virgilio Carbonari

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 985.196 {2CDS} (1998)ª; House of Opera CDBB 473 (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - June 1999 p.64 [SFV]

Fanfare - Vol.22 No.5 May/June 1999 p.252 [RVL]

Orpheus - März 1999 S.57-58 [IW]

Classical Express - Issue No.108 March 1999 p.2 [NL]

American Record Guide - May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.181 [DA]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.95 [LB]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio Parma (January 1976; see OPERA August 1976 p.762). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22»

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1998(LI;Malfitano)

Orchestra - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Chorus - De Nederlandse Opera

Floria Tosca - Catherine Malfitano

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Margison

Il barone Scarpia - Bryn Terfel

Il Sagristano - Enrico Fissore

Cesare Angelotti - Mario Luperi

Spoletta - John Graham-Hall

Sciarrone - Sjef Van Wersch

Un carceriere - Ton Kemperman

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5229 (2005)ª; Decca 074 3210 (2007)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 2178 (NTSC) (2001)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - Awards Special Issue 2007 p.129 [JBS]

Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.351-352 [CC]

BBC Music Magazine - October 2007 p.89 [MT]

International Record Review - November 2007 pp.82-83 [RL}

American Record Guide - March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 p.282 [RVL]

Classica Répertoire - No.96 octobre 2007 p.117 [AT]

Opéra Magazine - No.22 octobre 2007 pp.80-81 [JP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.106 diciembre 2007 p.84 [PM]

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in Amsterdam (May 1998; see OPERA August 1998 pp.979-980; ORPHEUS Juli 1998 S.47). The performance on 17 May 1998 in which Nelly Miricioiu sang Tosca is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL septembre 1998 No.227. The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in «Fall 2001 Videos» and the DVD is included in their list of «2005 Winter/Spring New Releases».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1998(LI;Miricioiu)

Orchestra - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Chorus - De Nederlandse Opera

Floria Tosca - Nelly Miricioiu

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Margison

Il barone Scarpia - Bryn Terfel

Il Sagristano - Enrico Fissore

Cesare Angelotti - Mario Luperi

Spoletta - John Graham-Hall

Sciarrone - Sjef Van Wersch

Un carceriere - Ton Kemperman

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2578-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Amsterdam (17 May 1999). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated 4 April 2007.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires

Chorus - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires

Floria Tosca - Régine Crespin

Mario Cavaradossi - Gianni Raimondi

Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Sagristano - Eduardo Ferracani

Cesare Angelotti - Juan Zanin

Spoletta - Italo Pasini

Sciarrone - Héctor Barbieri

Un pastore - Corrada Malfa

Un carceriere - Pino de Vescovi

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Compact Disc; - Ornamenti FE 114 {2CDS} (1996)ª;;; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 211 «Italian Opera from Teatro Colón» ;; {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - juin 1997 No.214 p.54

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.45

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (June or July 1962)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Renato Cioni

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Eric Garrett

Cesare Angelotti - Victor Godfrey

Spoletta - Robert Bowman

Sciarrone - Dennis Wicks

Un pastore - David Sellar

Un carceriere - Edgar Boniface

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Black Disc - *Melodram MEL 443 {2LPS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 5 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02874

Compact Disc; - IMC 203003; Arkadia HP 463.2; Golden Melodram GM 2.0011; Opera d'Oro OPD 1142 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5002 (+La boheme +Turandot +Madama Butterfly {8CDS} (2002)ª; *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª; DiVa 1119/1120 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI Classics 562 675-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2004 p.90 [AB]

Opera - February 2004 pp.149-150 [AB]

Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.30-35 [MM]

Orpheus - April 1998 p.62 [GH]

Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1984 No.72 p.54 [SS]; No.285 décembre 2003 pp.66-67 [SS]

International Record Review - January 2004 pp.79-80 [MVA]

American Record Guide - May/June 2004 Vol.67 No.3 p.234 [RVL]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.95 - Marzo 1996 p.81

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.41 septiembre-octubre 2000 p.92 [MH]: No.66 diciembre 2003 pp.86-87 [BD]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (24 January 1964, see OPERA March 1964 p.202). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times issue dated January 18-24 1964 p.49).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1964(SE)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Renato Cioni

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Spoletta - Robert Bowman

Sciarrone - Dennis Wicks

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Laser Disc; - EMI LDB 77789-1(NTSC); EMI LDB4 91283-1(PAL) (1995)ª

DVD (Video) - EMI DVA 4 92851 9 (+Callas recital) (2002)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - EMI MVD4 91283-3(PAL) (1995)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1995 p.110 [AB]; October 2002 p.103 [JBS]

Opera News - July 1995 p.59

Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.63

Diapason - No.413 mars 1995 p.72; No.495 septembre 2002 p.137 [MP]

Le Monde de la Musique - No.184 janvier 1995 p.110

BBC Music Magazine - October 2002 p.102 [CC]

International Record Review - November 2002 pp.78-79 [MVA]

Répertoire - No.161 octobre 2002 p.40 [TP]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2003 No.162 p.65 [JS]

Comments:- *Recording of Act 2 at Covent Garden (9 February 1964). According to the review in INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW this «was specially recorded on a Sunday evening at the end of a run of performances in the house.»

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Elizabethan Trust Orchestra

Chorus - Elizabethan Trust Opera Company

Floria Tosca - Marie Collier

Mario Cavaradossi - Donald Smith

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Ronald Maconaghie

Cesare Angelotti - Luciano Borghi

Spoletta - John Hefferman

Sciarrone - John Pringle

Un pastore - James Taylor

Un carceriere - Paul Rutenis

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1406-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site on a Disc #6» {1xCD-ROM} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance give by the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company at the Adelaide Festival of Arts (20 March 1968; see OPERA July 1968 pp..566=568). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases August 2004 Part II»

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Dorothy Kirsten

Mario Cavaradossi - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Il barone Scarpia - Paul Schöffler

Il Sagristano - Lawrence Davidson

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Margaret Roggero

Un carceriere - Algerd Brazis

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 409 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 754; Golden Melodram GM 50051 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 121352 (BRO 125829) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (13 December 1952). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.419-422. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872, where the venue is given as Berlin. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI;18/4/64 - Nilsson)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Birgit Nilsson

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - George London

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - Calvin Marsh

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Robert Patterson

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1064; The Opera Lovers TOS 196404 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by The Metropolitan Opera in Boston (18 April 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI;22/3/1964 - Tebaldi)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Justino Díaz

Spoletta - Mariano Caruso

Sciarrone - William Walker

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1165

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (22 March 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as «Clear but distant in-house recording».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI;17/4/65)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Régine Crespin

Mario Cavaradossi - Sándor Kónya

Il barone Scarpia - Robert Merrill

Il Sagristano - Ezio Flagello

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1288 (& 2491 & 1050); The Opera Lovers TOS 196502 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 April 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue and the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI;19/3/65)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Lawrence Davidson

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Andrea Velis

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Robert Goodloe

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Black Disc; - Estro Armonico EA 013 {2LPS} Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 275-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª; Melodram MEL 450 {2LPS} (1985)ª

Compact Disc; - Melodram 26030 {2CDS};; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» (highlights) {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1276

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.188: (2) pp.193-194: (4) p.190

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (19 March 1965; see OPERA July 1965 p.491). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI;23/3/65)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Lawrence Davidson

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Andrea Velis

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Robert Goodloe

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 306-2 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Melodram 26035 {2CDS}

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.188: (2) pp.193-194: (4) p.190

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 March 1965; see OPERA July 1965 p.491)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI;3/4/65)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Régine Crespin

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - George London

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott

Spoletta - Paul Franke

Sciarrone - Calvin Marsh

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 6.0021 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - März + April 2008 S.56 [IW]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.112 julio-agosto 2008 p.89 [MCP]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (3 April 1965). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera - St. Francis de Sales Boy's Choir

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Gianni Raimondi

Il barone Scarpia - Gabriel Bacquier

Il Sagristano - J.B. Davis

Cesare Angelotti - Joseph Fair

Spoletta - Howard Fried

Sciarrone - David Hicks

Un carceriere - Robert Falk

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1168-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (17 January 1967). The cast listed above is that given on the website whose URL is given below. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their list «Premiere Opera Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».

http://www.frankhamilton.org/ph

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Gustav Cloéz - 1932(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra-Comique de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra-Comique de Paris

Floria Tosca - Ninon Vallin

Mario Cavaradossi - Enrico Di Mazzei

Il barone Scarpia - Arthur Endrèze

Cesare Angelotti - Paul Léon Payen

Sciarrone - Paul Léon Payen

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Black Disc - Odéon 123.810-16 {7x78s}; Odéon ODX 121 {1LP}; Odéon XOC 124 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Music Memoria 30376 {2CDS} Naxos «Historical» 8 110096/7 (highlights + complete performance cond. de Fabritiis) {2CDS} (2002)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1992 p.172; November 2002 p.119 (highlights) [JBS]

Opéra International - No.175 décembre 1993 p.74

Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.67 septembre-octobre 1954 p.610 [JB]

American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.372 [PLM]

Comments:- Recorded on 8, 9, 10, 14 June 1932. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor André Cluytens - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Floria Tosca - Sena Jurinac

Mario Cavaradossi - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Il barone Scarpia - Hans Hotter

Il Sagristano - Erich Kunz

Cesare Angelotti - Hans Christian

Spoletta - Erich Majkut

Sciarrone - Harald Pröglhoff

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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 50062 (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.92 [VM]: No.100 mayo 2007 p.104 [VM]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Conlon - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Teresa Kubiak

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Louis Quilico

Il Sagristano - Renato Capecchi

Cesare Angelotti - Allan Monk

Spoletta - Nico Castel

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Robert Sapolsky

Un carceriere - Philip Booth

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers TOS 197801 {2CDRS} (Canada) Bensar OL 4878 (BRO 125534) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (8 April 1978). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca and those issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Conlon - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero

Mario Cavaradossi - Luciano Pavarotti

Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil

Il Sagristano - Italo Tajo

Cesare Angelotti - John Cheek

Spoletta - Andrea Velis

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Scott Rigby

Un carceriere - Philip Booth

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 312-2 {2LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1007 (+excerpts cond. de Fabritiis; +highlights cond. Behr) {3CDS} (2002)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.56 [IW]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.86 [MC]

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Dallas (11 May 1979)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Conlon - 2005(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Maria Guleghina

Mario Cavaradossi - Salvatore Licitra

Il barone Scarpia - Mark Delavan

Il Sagristano - Paul Plishka

Cesare Angelotti - Richard Bernstein

Spoletta - Bernard Fitch

Sciarrone - Richard Vernon

Un pastore - Joshua Kosakoff Kohane

Un carceriere - Vaclovas Daunoras

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDNY 187 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *This recording is probably of the performance at the MET on 9 April 2005 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website on April 9 2008.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Montserrat Caballé