Puccini: Tosca

[side 1:] act I, first part

[side 2:] act I, conclusion; act II, first part

[side 3:] act II, conclusion

[side 4:] act III

Libretto by Sardou, Illica, and Giacosa

Georges Prêtre, conductor. Maria Callas, soprano (Tosca); Carlo Bergonzi, tenor (Cavaradossi); Tito Gobbi, baritone (Scarpia); Leonardo Monreale, bass (Angelotti); Giorgio Tadeo, bass (sacristan); Renato Ercolani, tenor (Spoletta); Ugo Trama, bass (Sciarrone); Leonardo Monreale, bass (jailer); David Sella, treble (shepherd boy). Choeurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra, chef Jean Laforge.

DESCRIPTION: 2 discs, 33 1/3 rpm.

NOTES: Recorded 3-4, 7-13 December 1964 and 19-20, 22, 25 January 1965 in 22 sessions (including unrecorded rehearsals), Salle Wagram.

Angel AN/SAN 149/59 [PM / EMI] (d. l. 1965; dated 1964) @Discogs

• • Also:

    • Angel BL 3655 mono; SBL 3655 stereo (SBL-3655-1 S 36257). Automatic sequence. Matrix nos. (stereo): YLX-X-1166 (label; etched + -A1), YLX-X-1167 (etched  -A11), YLX-X-1168 (etched + -B10),YLX-X-1169 (etched + -B22). Notes on the recording by Nicholas Wortley, and libretto, with English translation and synopsis by Winston Burdett (22p.) laid in container. 1965.

    • EMI 3C 165 00040/4. Electrola series. 2 discs. Germany.

    • Highlights: HMV ASD 2300. Stereophonic. Libretto inserted. UK, 1965.

  • CDs:

    • CD:Tosca. EMI Classics CMS 566444 2 (2 discs) (1997).

      • = EMI Classics ("Studio" series) CDMB 66974 (2 discs).

    • CD: highlights, in Maria Callas: Puccini: Tosca, Highlights: EMI Classics CDM 566666 2

INDEX: 65~060 1964-12-03