Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Tosca (Highlights)

Opera in 3 Acts
Libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Tosca, a famous singer - Nelly Miricioiu, Soprano
Cavaradossi, painter - Giorgio Lamberti, Tenor
Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police - Silvano Carroli, Baritone
Spoletta, a police agent - Miroslav Dvorsky, Tenor
Sciarrone, a policeman - Jan Durco, Bass
Un Carceriere (Gaoler) - Stanislav Benačka, Bass
Il Sagrestano (Sacristan) - Jozef Spaček, Baritone

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Alexander Rahbari

Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca in 1858 into a family with long-established musical traditions extending back at least to the early eighteenth century. It was natural that he should follow this tradition and become a musician, and after the death of his fathe