PUCCINI: Tosca (La Scala, 2000) (NTSC)

Giacomo Puccini
TOSCA

Maria Guleghina • Salvatore Licitra• Leo Nucci

Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti, conductor

Luca Ronconi, stage director

Recorded live at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, March 2000

Picture format: NTSC • 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 121 mins
No. of DVDs: 1

• The revival of Luca Ronconi’s version of Tosca at La Scala was a highly acclaimed theatrical event and a glittering success
  
  
• The set, beautifully lavish, was re-designed by Lorenza Cantini, who enriched Ronconi's version with many new nuances and details
  
  
• La Scala’s Musical Director Riccardo Muti conducted in person, and the solo roles were taken by top-calibre stars of La Scala: Maria Guleghina is one of the best dramatic sopranos of our time, while Salvatore Licitra is the shooting star in the tenore-spinto field, which is sparsely represented worldwide. The legendary Verdi baritone Leo Nucci rounded off an excellent singer ensemble
  
  
• Muti was conducting a staged version of Tosca for the first time in his long career and, according to the unanimous view of the critics, delivered a colourful, comprehensible reading of enthralling theatre