Opera - Tosca
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Tosca
117:44
An opera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after the play
La Tosca
by Victorien Sardou
English version by Edmund Tracey
Act I
1
Opening - 'Ah! Here in safety!'
2:08
Angelotti
2
'I don't believe it . . .'
3:31
Sacristan, Cavaradossi
3
'Give me my palette!'
5:45
Cavaradossi, Sacristan, Angelotti, Tosca
4
'Mario! Mario! Mario!'
3:01
Tosca, Cavaradossi
5
'Our little house in the country'
4:27
Tosca, Cavaradossi
6
'What eyes in all the world'
9:34
Cavaradossi, Tosca, Angelotti, Sacristan
7
'All the choir in here at once!'
1:16
Sacristan, Choir
8
'You make the church a fairground!'
1:28
Scarpia, Sacristan, Spoletta
9
'Mario?! Mario?!'
7:12
Tosca, Sacristan, Scarpia
10
'Three agents, go in a carriage . . .'
4:48
Scarpia, Spoletta, Choir
Act II
11
'Tosca, my falcon'
3:27
Scarpia, Sciarrone
12
'Richer far is the flavour'
2:25
Scarpia, Sciarrone, Spoletta
13
'It seemed wise to arrest him . . .'
4:22
Spoletta, Scarpia, Choir, Cavaradossi, Tosca
14
'Now you and I can talk'
5:15
Scarpia, Tosca, Sciarrone, Cavaradossi
15
'Enough. Tosca, your answer'
3:49
Scarpia, Tosca, Cavaradossi, Spolettaa, Sciarrone
16
'Floria!'
4:28
Cavaradossi, Tosca, Scarpia, Sciarrone
17
'How much?'
4:41
Tosca, Scarpia
18
'Life has taught me singing and loving'
7:15
Tosca, Scarpia, Spoleta
19
'Which route have you chosen?'
6:55
Scarpia, Tosca
Act III
20
'No words can cheer me'
10:12
A Shepherd Boy, Jailor, Cavaradossi
21
'All the stars shone in heaven'
5:58
Cavaradossi, Tosca
22
'Oh, hands of mercy'
8:35
Cavaradossi, Tosca, Jailor
23
'What a time they are taking!'
4:04
Tosca, Spoletta, Sciarrone, Soldiers
Jane Eaglen soprano - Floria Tosca
Dennis O'Neill tenor - Mario Cavaradossi
Gregory Yurisich baritone - Baron Scarpia
Peter Rose bass - Cesare Angelotti
Andrew Shore bass-baritone - Sacristan
John Daszak tenor - Spoletta
Christopher Booth-Jones bass - Sciarrone
Ashley Holland bass - Jailor
Charbel Michael alto - A Shepherd Boy
David Parry
25-27 & 29-30 August 1995