Opera - Tosca
GIACOMO PUCCINI
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
1.
'Tosca, my falcon'
3:27
2.
'Richer far is the flavour'
2:25
3.
'It seemed wise to arrest him . . .'
4:22
4.
'Now you and I can talk'
5:15
5.
'Enough. Tosca, your answer'
3:49
8.
'Life has taught me singing and loving'
7:15
9.
'Which route have you chosen?'
6:55
10.
'No words can cheer me'
10:12
11.
'All the stars shone in heaven'
5:58
12.
'Oh, hands of mercy'
8:35
13.
'What a time they are taking!'
4:04
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Choral: Peter Kay Children's Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry