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Tosca

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In this film adaptation of the opera, painter Mario Cavaradossi (Roberto Alagna) shelters a political activist from the vile but magnetic Barone Scarpia (Ruggero Raimondi). Mario's lover, Floria Tosca (Angela Gheorghiu), falls under Scarpia's spell, however, and reveals the secret. Scarpia agrees to spare Mario's life if Tosca sleeps with him. But, despite Scarpia's charm, Floria finds this proposal to be horrifying. Blinded by rage, she makes an impulsive bid for revenge that ends tragically.

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Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review John von Rhein Chicago Tribune You would be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack, or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production. Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 12, 2003 Full Review Melinda Bargreen Seattle Times With three excellent principal singers, a youthful and good-looking diva and tenor and richly handsome locations, it's enough to make you wish Jacquot had left well enough alone and just filmed the opera without all these distortions of perspective. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 25, 2003 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Benoit Jacquot ("School of Flesh") directs this stylistically challenging cinematic rendering of Giacomo Puccini's famous 1899 opera with an appropriately powerful performance by opera diva Angela Gheorgiu. Rated: C+ Jun 6, 2009 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 26, 2005 Full Review Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Rated: 3/5 Jul 17, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member So so so so so so so GOOD! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member A good adaptation of Puccini's classic... it's not my favourite of his operas, thus, even were the film the greatest in history, I don't think I'd be able to rate it much more than this, yet this film version is enjoyable, aesthetically beautiful, and showcasts some fine acting and vocal performances. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Une interprétation de premier ordre, même si Raimondi, très photogénique cependant, manifeste une santé vocale un peu fatiguée. Je n'aimais pas a priori l'idée d'insérer des plans filmés lors de l'enregistrement, mais il s'avère en fait que c'est une réussite: les moments de "vide dramatique" sont meublés à l'écran par l'orchestre... Gheorghiu joue magnifiquement bien, travaille chaque mot. Alagna est parfait, comme toujours. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Really difficult to rate this, because it really can't be compared to live opera performance or "real" movies. A Great idea to do an opera DVD like this. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member This has everything an opera should have! Great passion, pain, love, beautiful people, drama and death - and very good singers! Wonderfull as an opera, but not so great as a movie. Showing clips from the recording at the ending ruined it a little. But I still loved it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member the best drama ever! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Benoît Jacquot

Director

Angela Gheorghiu

Floria Tosca

Roberto Alagna

Mario Cavaradossi

Ruggero Raimondi

Il barone Vittelio Scarpia

David Cangelosi

Spoletta

Sorin Coliban

Sciarrone

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Movie Info

Synopsis In this film adaptation of the opera, painter Mario Cavaradossi (Roberto Alagna) shelters a political activist from the vile but magnetic Barone Scarpia (Ruggero Raimondi). Mario's lover, Floria Tosca (Angela Gheorghiu), falls under Scarpia's spell, however, and reveals the secret. Scarpia agrees to spare Mario's life if Tosca sleeps with him. But, despite Scarpia's charm, Floria finds this proposal to be horrifying. Blinded by rage, she makes an impulsive bid for revenge that ends tragically.
Director
Benoît Jacquot
Producer
Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Frederic Sichler
Screenwriter
Benoît Jacquot
Genre
Musical, Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 25, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA)
$63.8K
Runtime
2h 0m
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby EX