82th Guggen Visual Concert Feb. 16, 2012 14:30

Tosca Puccini Premiere : Jan. 14, 1900 Teatro Costanzi in Rome

Tosca Giacomo Puccini Luigi Illica , Libretto Victorien Sardou, The Play : La Tosca Sarah Brenhardt, Oct. 9, 1905 in Brazil Three acts opera New Philharmony Orchestra Bruno Bartolett, conductor Ganfranco de Bosio, director

Roles Tosca, singer, S, Raina Kabaivanska Cavaradossi, painter, T, Domingo Scarpia, chief of police, Br, Sherrill Milnes Angelotti, consul, Bs, Giancarlo Luccardi A Sacristan, Br, Alfredo Mariotti Spoletta, police agent, T, Sciarrone, gendarme, Bs, Jailer, Bs,

List of arias Act 1 -Recondita armonia (hidden harmony) -Non la sospiri, la nostra casetta ( do you not long for our little house) -Qual’occhio (what eyes in the world) -Va, Tosca (go, Tosca) -Te Deum laudamus (we praise thee, O God)

List of arias Act 2 -Ha piu forte sapore (for myself the violent conquest) -Vittoria! Vittoria! (Victory! Victory!) -Gia, mi dicon venal (yes, they say that I am venal) -Vissi d’arte ( I lived for art, I lived for love)

List of arias Act 3 -Io de’ sospiri (I give you sighs) -E lucevan le stelle (and the stars shone) -O dolci mani (Oh, sweet hands) -Amaro sol per te m’era il morire ( only for you did death taste bitter for me)