Name: Tosca
Start: 1985-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1985-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Conductor

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Soprano

Hildegard Behrens

Floria Tosca

Tenor

Plácido Domingo

Mario Cavaradossi

Baritone

Cornell MacNeil

Baron Scarpia

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italian

Tosca

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Franco Zeffirelli’s productions are legendary—and for good reason. This new production of Puccini’s intensely dramatic opera had opened only two weeks before this performance and the excitement is palpable. Zeffirelli captures the overwhelming grandeur of Rome, as well as the dark undercurrent of decadence and corruption in the drama. Under his direction, the cast of great singing actors crackles with intensity. Hildegard Behrens as Tosca, the passionate singer in love with Cavaradossi (Plácido Domingo), who agrees to a night with Scarpia, the evil chief of police (Cornell MacNeil), in exchange for Cavaradossi’s freedom. Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts.

Production booklet

Further reading