Pavarotti Tosca Views
Pavarotti - Tosca -E lucevan le stelle lyricsE lucevan le stelle,ed olezzava la terrastridea l'uscio dell'ortoe un passo sfiorava la rena.Entrava ella fragrante,mi cadea fra la braccia.O dolci baci, o languide carezze,mentr'io fremente le belle forme disciogliea dai veli!Svanì per sempre il sogno mio d'amore.L'ora è fuggita, e muoio disperato!e muoio disperato! E non ho amato mai tanto la vita!tanto la vita! Beemp3 | song=Tosca+-E+lucevan+le+stelle Pavarotti - Tosca -E lucevan le stelle mp3
Anyway I must say seeing Pavarotti was stupendous, a magical and wonderful experience, and an absolute joy from beginning to end. I mean it's impossible to be objective when someone is supposedly saying goodbye (possibly giving his real farewell performance!!!) His mother had just died and the performance was dedicated to her memory. Despite the trauma of her loss, the travel involved to her funeral, and the fact that he is no longer a young man, he still remains a phenomenon. This Tosca of director John Cox used the 38-year-old Franco Zeffirelli production that has no stairs to climb and a pile of sacks to break his fall when Cavaradossi is shot in the closing moments.
The first prodution of Tosca was in Roma at Teatro Constanzi on 14 January 1900, but the first performance of the Zeffirelli production was on 21 January 1964, featuring Maria Callas as Tosca, Renato Cioni as Cavaradossi, and Tito Gobbi as Scarpia. The conductor was Carlo Felice Cillario. In 1992, Tosca was revived with Elizabeth Holleque, Luciano Pavarotti and Silvano Carroli. The Conductor was Zubin Mehta. There was even a Tosca in aid of the Titanic Disaster Fund on 14 May 1912. In the 2000-2001 ROH season, I saw Tosca with Malfitano, Guleghina and Roberto Alagna, conducted by Carlo Rizzi (reviewed in my page here). This was just one of the many, many productions of Tosca at Covent Garden over the years. I must say that I find it a beautiful and poetic way of dying - to throw oneself like Tosca from the Castel San't Angelo in Roma. Such beautiful surroundings... & what a way to go!!!
Pavarotti Tosca Images
