Victorien Sardou
2) Tosca
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 + 36 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet ([18] pages)
Description
The story begins with Napoleon Bonaparte, political enemy of Scarpia advancing upon Rome. Cavaradossi a painter and Angelotti an escaped prisoner are political allies and see Napoleon as a hero. Angelotti has taken refuge in a chapel of a church in Rome in which Cavaradossi is painting a portrait of the Madonna. Cavaradossi has as his lover a famous singer Floria Tosca who attempts to enter the church and finds the door locked. She becomes jealous...