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Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Based on the play by Victorien Sardou.

First performed at the Teatro Costanzi de Roma on 14 January 1900.

 

Orchestra. Conductor. Floria Tosca, Mario Cavaradossi, Scarpia, Angelotti

 

D.G. 1990

Children's Chorus / Chorus of the Royal Opera House / Covent Garden Philharmonia Orchestra. Giuseppe Sinopoli
Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Samuel Ramey, Bryn Terfel

  

EMI, 1965

Choeurs du Theatre National de l'Opéra de Paris / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. Georges Prętre

Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi, Leonardo Monreale

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PHILIPS, 1976

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Sir Colin Davis

Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, Samuel Ramey

 

RCA, 1973

John Alldis Choir / London Philharmonic Orchestra. Zubin Mehta

Leontyne Price, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Clifford Grant

  

DECCA, 1962

Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker. Herbert von Karajan

Leontyne Price, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei, Carlo Cava

 

D.G. 1980

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Schöneberger Sängerknaben / Berliner Philharmoniker. Herbert von Karajan

Katia Ricciarelli, Josep Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi, G. Hornik

  
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