Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini
- Type: Album
- Released: 1930
- Label: Columbia
- Country: Italy
- Community rating: 3.7/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This early complete opera recording features a prominent La Scala cast navigating the brutal realism and soaring lyricism of the beloved Italian melodrama. The dramatic pacing and full-throated vocalism provide a crucial sonic link to the authentic, early twentieth-century verismo performance tradition. It successfully translates the overwhelming scale of grand opera to the fragile shellac medium.
Genres
Descriptors: operatic, orchestral, vocal, theatrical, melodic
Tracklist
- Recondita Armonica (Strange Harmony Of Contrasts)
- Band 2: Love Duet: Mario, Mario!
- Band 3: Tre Sbirri ... Una Carrozza (Te Deum) (Three Agents And A Close Carriage)
- Band 4: Ed Or Fra Noi Parliam (Now Let Us Have A Friedly Talk)
- Band 1: Assasino! (Vile Assasin!)
- Vissi D'Arte (Love And Music)
- Band 2: E Lucevan Le Stelle (The Stars Were Brightly Shining)
- Band 3: O Dolci Mani (O Gentle Hands)
Credits
- GiacOmo Puccini - primary artist, composed by
- Oliviero De Fabritiis - conductor
- Anna Marcangeli - vocals
- Armando Borgioli - vocals
- Beniamino Gigli - vocals
- Ernesto Dominici - vocals
- Gino Conti - vocals
- Giulio Tomei - vocals