Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi.
Second Act Tosca from Royal Opera House London
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The jewelry used by Maria Callas in 1956, for her MET debut in Tosca, is made of about 200 Swarovski crystals. The set consists of a tiara, earings and necklace and was created specifically for Callas by the Atelier Marangoni (Milano, Italy). The estimated cost of this shinning set is of approximately $85,000, and is own, at present, by Swarovski. Sopranos Adrianne Pieczonka and Georgina Lukacs have worn the same set this year in some performances of Tosca by the LA opera. For complete trivia check my latest blog
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Hariclea Darclée the first Tosca
Sarah Bernhart ~ Sardou's Floria Tosca
Maria Callas as Floria Tosca
Renata Tebaldi as Floria Tosca
Ghena Dimitrova as Floria Tosca
Angela Gheourghiu as Floria Tosca
Franco Corelli as Mario
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Vissi d'arte
Giacomo Puccini
FLORIA TOSCA SAYS "MEET ME AT":
10 Oct 2008 TO 12 Oct 2008 2 Angers Tosca
7 Aug 2008 TO 15 Aug 2008 4 Belle-Ile Tosca
7 Jan 2009 TO 24 Jun 2009 8 Berlin(Deutsche) Tosca
22 Jan 2009 TO 4 Feb 2009 10 Bordeaux Tosca New production
30 Sep 2008 TO 31 Mar 2009 6 Bratislava Tosca
5 Aug 2008 TO 23 Aug 2008 15 Bregenz Tosca
1 Oct 2008 TO 17 Oct 2008 4 Budapest(SO) Tosca
27 Sep 2008 TO 1 Dortmund Tosca New production
31 Jan 2009 TO 4 Jul 2009 7 Dresden(SSO) Tosca New production
5 Sep 2008 TO 17 Oct 2008 4 Dusseldorf Tosca
6 Aug 2008 TO 9 Aug 2008 2 Eutin Tosca
11 Oct 2008 TO 26 Oct 2008 5 Firenze(Comunale) Tosca New production
31 Aug 2008 TO 1 Frankfurt(Oper) Tosca
7 Nov 2008 TO 8 Nov 2008 2 Grand Rapids Tosca
13 Dec 2008 TO 22 Jan 2009 10 Helsinki(Opera) Tosca
23 Oct 2008 TO 26 Oct 2008 4 Jesi Tosca
8 Aug 2008 TO 23 Aug 2008 8 Kopparberg Tosca
26 Sep 2008 TO 10 Feb 2009 9 Leeds Tosca
7 Aug 2008 TO 10 Aug 2008 2 Macerata Tosca
16 Nov 2008 TO 1 Mantova Tosca
8 Nov 2008 TO 13 Nov 2008 2 Moscow(Bolshoi) Tosca
23 Sep 2008 TO 2 Oct 2008 5 Nantes Tosca New production
30 Jan 2009 TO 8 Feb 2009 5 Norfolk Tosca
7 Nov 2008 TO 9 Nov 2008 2 Novara Tosca
20 May 2009 TO 5 Jun 2009 10 Paris(Opera) Tosca
26 Mar 2009 TO 29 Mar 2009 4 Phoenix Tosca
29 Aug 2008 TO 19 Jun 2009 19 Praha(Statni) Tosca
15 Nov 2008 TO 1 Remscheid Tosca
9 Oct 2008 TO 24 Oct 2008 2 Riga Tosca
24 Jan 2009 TO 4 Feb 2009 5 San Diego(Opera) Tosca
2 Jun 2009 TO 26 Jun 2009 8 San Francisco(SFO) Tosca
10 Feb 2009 TO 29 Mar 2009 11 Sarasota Tosca
12 Oct 2008 TO 24 Apr 2009 14 Stockholm(Royal) Tosca
11 Jan 2009 TO 1 Stuttgart Tosca
23 Oct 2008 TO 11 Jun 2009 13 Tallinn Tosca
27 Sep 2008 TO 9 Nov 2008 4 Tartu Tosca
21 Apr 2009 TO 9 May 2009 11 Tel Aviv Tosca New production
8 Aug 2008 TO 22 Aug 2008 2 Torre del Lago Tosca
28 Nov 2008 TO 5 Dec 2008 4 Tourcoing Tosca
18 Dec 2008 TO 1 Ulm Tosca New production
29 Nov 2008 TO 12 May 2009 8 Wien(SO) Tosca
12 Oct 2008 TO 27 Dec 2008 10 Wien(Volk) Tosca New production
4 Apr 2009 TO 26 Apr 2009 9 Zurich(Oper) Tosca
Source: http://operabase.com/
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"Tosca is the greatest film score of all time" Erich Korngold
TOSCA
Film by Benoît Jacquot
Ruggero Raimondi, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu
(2001)
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TOSCA
by Franco Zeffirelli,
Hildegard Behrens, Cornell MacNeil, and Italo Tajo
Filmed on location of original places of the libretto
Hildegard Behrens, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Italo Tajo, James Courtney, Russell Christopher, Richard Vernon, Anthony Laciura
(1985)
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Tosca ~ Film by Franco Zeffirelli
TOSCA
Directed by Gianfranco De Bosio (1976)
Raina Kabaivanska, Plácido Domingo & Sherrill Milnes
THE MOON AND THE STARS
Directed by John Irvin (2007)
A German actress (McCormack) and an English actor (Pryce) meet in Rome, just before the beginning of WW2, to shoot a film based on the story of Tosca and directed by an italian gay and jewish director(Molina)
TOSCA (1956)
Italian film ad. Tosca, Carmine Gallone, 1956. A filmed version of the opera with the great Franco Corelli as Mario.
TOSCA (1941)
Italian film ad.The Story of Tosca, Carlo Koch, 1941. Non-operatic version of the story.
THE HISTORICAL MOMENT
In February 1798, the short lived Roman Republic is funded and backed by Napoleon. It survives only up to April 1799.
After the fall of the Republic, Maria Carolina Habsburg (wife of the king of Naples and sister of Marie Antoinette of France) installs a reign of terror in Rome prosecuting intelectuals and artists with republican ideas.
On sunday June 14 1800 NapoleonÙ s army defeats the Austrian army in Marengo near Torino. The recipe of chicken Marengo is created by NapoleonÙ s personal chef after the battle.
Three days after (Wednesday 17 of June) the drama of Tosca unfolds in Rome. News of Napoleon٠s victory in Marengo give some hope to Cavaradossi and Angelotti ("Vittoria, vittoria!!! L٠alba vindice appar! che fa gli empi tremar Libertá, sorge, crollan tirannidi" cryes out Mario, in the second act, when he overhears news from Marengo).
Everything ends in disaster. The tragedy continues after the useless deaths of Tosca, Cavaradossi and Angelotti, since Napoleon finally pacts with Pope Pious VII betraying thus his support to the Republican ideals in Rome.