Tosca

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Giacomo Puccini completed his opera in three acts, Tosca, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, in 1895. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work was based on Victorien Sardou’s 1887 French language play. La Tosca, a melodramatic piece set in Rome, when the Kingdom of Naples’ control of Rome was threatened by Napoleon’s invasion of Italy. It contains depictions of torture, murder, and suicide, as well as some of Puccini’s best-known lyrical arias. Tosca remains one of the most frequently performed operas. 

Here are two albums:

Puccini, Tosca. Herbert von Karajan with Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, and Leontyne Price, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei, Fernando Corena. Release Date: 15 May 2006. Label: Decca.

​Puccini, Tosca. Sir Antonio Pappano with Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Jonathan Kent, and Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Lukas Jakobski, Jeremy White. Release Date: 15 Oct 2012. Label: EMI. This is a DVD Video or a Blu-ray.

Reference: Loy, C. (2022). Discover Tosca. English National Opera. https://www.eno.org/operas/tosca/