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      Tosca

      2001 2h 0m Musical Drama List
      65% Tomatometer 37 Reviews 85% Audience Score 250+ Ratings 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. Read More Read Less

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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 Michael Szymanski Zap2it.com Rated: 1/5 Nov 4, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 26, 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 Post a rating

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      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
      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