Cast and Crew of Tosca

Cast of
Tosca

About Tosca

  • Released on November 27, 1978
  • Music

A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the painter and political revolutionary in love with the beautiful and famous singer Tosca (the riveting Shirley Verrett). Rome’s diabolical chief of police, Baron Scarpia (Cornell MacNeil), wants Tosca for himself—but he underestimates the fury of a woman in love. With torture, murder, and a suicide in its final moments, Tosca packs more dramatic punches than most other operas—and this classic telecast captures them all. James Conlon conducts in a production by the incomparable Tito Gobbi, one of the great Scarpias of the 20th century.

Full Cast of Tosca

Shirley Verrett
plays Floria Tosca

Luciano Pavarotti
plays Mario Cavaradossi

Luciano Pavarotti as Mario Cavaradossi

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Cornell MacNeil
plays Scarpia

Fernando Corena
plays Sacristan

John Cheek
plays Angelotti

Andrea Velis
plays Spoletta

Russell Christopher
plays Sciarrone

Robert Sapolsky
plays Sheperd

Philip Booth
plays Jailer

James Conlon

MET Orchestra


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