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Puccini - Tosca / Kabaivanska, Domingo, Milnes, Luccardi, Mariotti, Bartoletti
Price: $22.98
Director: Gianfranco De Bosio
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
UPC: 044007340387
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No Hassle
Price: $13.71
Artist: Tosca
Manufacturer: K7
UPC: 730003724022
No Hassle is the 2009 album by Viennese soundscape masters Tosca. Forefathers of the nu-Balearic/cosmic scene of artists; Richard Dorfmeister (also one half of Kruder & Dorfmeister) and Rupert Huber have produced their most magical and mesmerizing album yet. A luxurious tapestry of analogue and digital sounds, submerged samples and live instruments; No Hassle evolves and expands into an hour-long ambient symphony. The title reflects not only the duo's laidback approach to making music but their whole philosophy of life. "It's our personal reaction to everything," explains Richard. "To all things that are pressuring you from outside, or internally, from every angle. It's sort of the ideal position to achieve, and it's the same idea behind the music: to achieve an hour where you feel
hassle free." K7.
Puccini: Tosca
Price: $26.99
Manufacturer: Decca
UPC: 044007434109
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NEVER BEFORE RELEASED IN ANY FORMAT!
Filmed at the height of Luciano Pavarotti's career, this DVD of a performance from December 19th, 1978 captures Pavarotti in one of his most acclaimed roles: Puccini's Cavaradossi. Specially restored and released for the first time on any format, this rare treat also includes remarkable bonus features: Unique footage of Luciano Pavarotti in a music rehearsal with Shirley Verrett and James Conlon. A discussion between the greatest of all Scarpias, Italian baritone Tito Gobbi (who was Maria Callas' frequent stage partner in this opera) and the Scarpia of this production, Cornell MacNeil. A discussion with conductor James Conlon and Metropolitan Opera Music Director James Levine. Release in conjunction with the BRAVO PAVAROTTI CD and
DVD.
Puccini - Tosca / Gheorghiu, Alagna, Raimondi, Muraro, Cangelosi, Pappano, Royal Opera (2000 film)
Price: $26.99
Manufacturer: KULTUR VIDEO
UPC: 032031401099
Tosca: A Film by Benoit Jacquot, after the libretto of Puccini’s Opera. With Angela Gheorghiu as Floria Tosca, Roberto Alagna as Mario Cavaradossi, Ruggiero Raimondi as Baron Scarpia. Conducted by Antonio Pappano with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. How often has it been said that opera can’t be translated into film? That the camera lens accentuates an opera’s artificiality and turns the protagonists into caricatures? Benoît Jacquot’s masterfully inventive two-hour Tosca, will change the minds of the most diehard opera buffs and win over newcomers to the art. What’s even more astounding is that this is Jacquot’s first venture into opera. Yet, that may be just the point. What makes his film so compellingly audacious is that from the very start he
juxtaposes black-and-white scenes of the conductor, Antonio Pappano, and the actor/singers in the recording studio with the staged opera in order to reveal the energy and work that goes into realizing a mighty work of lyrical art and ensemble acting. At other times, he uses soft-focus and grainy black-and-white and color footage of the Roman countryside, the Castel Sant’ Angelo and the interiors of Baroque churches to illustrate what the actors are singing off-screen. These scenes add immeasurably to the opera’s enthralling lyricism. Giacomo Puccini’s music and Guiseppe Giacosa’s libretto are mesmerizing and unforgettable, both enhanced by the director’s focus on the drama between the three main protagonists: Floria Tosca (played by the Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu), her lover, the
painter and political radical Mario Cavaradossi (played movingly by Roberto Alagna, Gheorghiu’s off-screen husband) and the vilely magnetic Il Barone Scarpia, the fascistic Roman governor (Ruggero Raimondi). From the opening credits of red typeface on black ground, to the surprising black-and-white filming of the conductor guiding the cast with his baton through the opera’s overture and first arias, to the first act in the church, the movie embraces Tosca as a drama of unbridled passions. Through the astute use of hovering overhead shots and swirling camera angles, the film projects and intensifies the emotional upheaval of the three protagonists--the possessively jealous Tosca, the tender and placating Cavaradossi who assures her she has no rivals, and the terrifying Scarpia, determined
to capture the Italian fugitive Angelotti (Maurizio Murano). Jacquot demonstrates here how film can strengthen the opera's drama—the silence of the protagonists, their tortured faces, the intensity of their love, their hate, and their fear. In the second act, which takes place in the Palazzo Farnese, the dramatic interplay between Tosca and Scarpia is spellbinding. Scarpia, dining in a darkened room lit only by a roaring fire and candlelight, plots his seduction of Tosca while admiring his contorted face in the gleaming blade of the knife that he also uses to cut a bloody piece of meat. The knife is appropriately prophetic since it is the very blade with which Tosca will kill him later in the scene. Dressed in a dazzling red gown with a sweeping train, Tosca is a stunning contrast to the
dark Scarpia. Her fiery sexuality understandably motivates Scarpia's temptation as it leads to his final (albeit well-deserved) doom. The finale on the rooftop of Castel Sant’ Angelo has cumulative power, with Tosca leaping off the parapet into the black void after she realizes that Cavaradossi has been shot with real bullets, instead of the promised blanks. Jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs, ideally capturing its drama and lyricism. Even with Tosca's violent ending, Puccini's great art provides catharsis, a transporting emotional release that soars after the deeply felt power of the tragedy. Rachel Hunter
Dehli 9
Price: $16.98
Artist: Tosca
Manufacturer: K7
UPC: 730003714023
A sublime collection of music, the 2003 CD by Richard Dorfmeister & Rupert Huber is full of uptempo beats with a downtempo feeling, grooves in soft satin, spliff tunes with lyrical extravagance, & piano-pieces in a dub style. There's musical diversity galore on Dehli 9, CD 1 contains the classical Tosca sound infused with lush instrumentation, & CD2 features twelve dubwise piano compositions. Deluxe digipak. G Stone.
Your Best Body Now: Look and Feel Fabulous at Any Age the Eat-Clean Way
Price: $13.57
Author: Tosca Reno
Manufacturer: Harlequin
ISBN13: 9780373892242
Condition: New
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New York Times bestselling author Tosca Reno knows exactly how you feel. She went from being a flabby, 200+ pound woman to a slim and sexy fitness expert—all past the age of 40! Now, for the first time ever, she reveals her secrets to looking better every year. Using the simple, Eat-Clean principles that have helped millions lose weight and featuring all-new advice from Tosca and her team of top experts, discover how you, too, can:
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Puccini: Tosca [Live From the Met]
Price: $22.49
Director: Joseph Colaneri
Manufacturer: Virgin Classics
DVD tracklisting:
1. Opening credits & Introduction with Susan Graham- Tosca
2. Ah!...Finalmente!- Tosca, Act I
3. Dammi i colori!...Recondita armonia- Tosca, Act I
4. Ma con quei cani....Eccellenza- Tosca, Act I
5. Mario! Mario! Mario!- Tosca, Act I
6. Or lasciami al lavoro...Qua l'occhio al mondo- Tosca, Act I
7. È buona la mia Tosca- Tosca, Act I
8. Sommo giubilo, Eccellenza!- Tosca, Act I
9. Un tal baccano in chiesa!- Tosca, Act I
10. Or tutto è chiaro- Tosca, Act I
11. Ed io venivo a lui tutta dogliosa- Tosca, Act I
12. Tre sbirri...Va, Tosca!- Tosca, Act I
13. Susan Graham interviews George Gadnize & Carrie-Ann Matheson- Tosca
14. Susan Graham interviews Marcelo Álvarez- Tosca
15. Tosca è un buon falco!- Tosca, Act II
16. Ha più forte sapore...Meno Male!- Tosca, Act II
17. Ov'è Angelotti?- Tosca, Act II
18. Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici- Tosca, Act II
19. Orsù, Tosca, parlate- Tosca, Act II
20. Floria!...L'alba vindice appar- Tosca, Act II
21. Quanto? Quanto? Il prezzo!- Tosca, Act II
22. Vissi d'arte- Tosca, Act II
23. Vedi, le man giunte io stendo a te!- Tosca, Act II
24. lo tenni la promessa- Tosca, Act II
25. Or gli perdono!- Tosca, Act II
26. Susan Graham interviews Karita Mattilla- Tosca
27. Susan Graham interviews Milena Canonero- Tosca
28. Susan Graham interviews Luc Bondy- Tosca
29. lo de'sospiri- Tosca, Act III
30. Mario Cavaradossi? A voi- Tosca, Act III
31. E lucevan le stelle- Tosca, Act III
32. Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca- Tosca, Act III
33. O dolci mani mansuete e pure- Tosca, Act III
34. E non giungono- Tosca, Act III
35. Come è lunge l'attesa!- Tosca, Act III
36. Bows & Closing credits- Tosca
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