“TOSCA : Puccini
Original Air Date: 03/20/1999
Cast: Santi; Vaness, Pavarotti, Morris
Media: MOD Audio SID.18020317 Tags: Archive; 2018, Pavarotti, Puccini
This is Pavarotti’s fifth and final Cavaradossi broadcast. I always find his voice a tad light for the role, but no one exceeds him in his honeyed delivery of the text. Vaness is a low wattage Tosca.
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This is Pavarotti’s final Cavaradossi broadcast. I don’t have strong
memories of this performance, and available on MOoD there is a 1995
performance of the Pav with Holleque and Pons. Best of all, at least for
him is the 1978 telecast (on MOoD) and DVD with Verrett and MacNeil under Conlon. My favorite broadcast Tosca remains Tucker-Tebaldi-Warren under Mitropoulos from 1956. I’ve never heard the 1958 Tosca with Stella instead of Tebaldi, but otherwise same forces.”
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