Puccini 'Tosca' with Michael Aspinall, the Surprising Soprano!

The heroine of Puccini's "Tosca" is a prima donna. In this Act 2 scene, her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, is being tortured off-stage by the Rome police chief, Baron Scarpia, so as to reveal the whereabouts of an escaped political prisoner called Angelotti. Tosca cannot bear her lover's anguished cries, so she reveals to Scarpia that Angelotti is hiding in the well of her garden. Scarpia has lustful designs on Tosca and tells her that he will only release Cavarodossi if she gives herself to him. In horrified despair, Tosca rejects Scarpia's lecherous advances, pleads with him, and finally says her prayers in the famous aria "Vissi d'arte." It is all to no avail. She is forced to agree to the sickening bargain. However, while Scarpia is writing out the documents that Tosca and Cavaradossi will need for their getaway, she suddenly sees another way out of her difficulties. In this dramatic scene, Tosca is sung by Michael Aspinall, Scarpia is Andrew Lord Miller, and the pianist is David Triestram. This performance comes from a recital given at the New York Town Hall in 1987.

[@fan2jnrc]

13:13 I'm dying 😂 Imagine exactly this jump scare in a real representation of Tosca 😭

[@sarukhanyan]

it is so amazing, bravo!!!!!

[@mstreepnegron]

Es increíble que este señor tenga tantos videos de su trabajo y la Callas ninguna ópera completa.

[@marcoscorvo2514]

Alberto Negron si existen vídeos de ópera de Callas, el problema es que los cabrones que la tienen no los sacan a la luz, los tienen guardados por lo de los derechos de autor y eso. Por ejemplo EMI studios tiene muchos de los vídeos de Callas

[@oooooo2062]

La mejor versión de la Tosca! Lo más acercado a Callas

[@thomasborgsmidt9801]

That was not nice. LOL

[@edoardosacchella8003]

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[@imasset]

c'est simplement sublime! du grand art! tout en retenue et sobriété..😇..ils sont formidables....

[@robertocozzarin]

una recitazione più realistica della tebaldi

[@baritonobelcantista5201]

La miglior l'interpretazione di Tosca della storia... LOL

[@DanielaLojarro]

Fantastico!

[@arnaudrcs]

of course this is based on callas...

[@caruuso]

I still have nightmares of this number after concerts with Michael, Karen and Andy in Barcelona in the mid 90s. :-)

[@Yoshiko2192]

Quando ti voglio bene maestro ! Sei migliore !

[@henningandersen9027]

Could anybody please upload her Bavarian song: Bist du mei leaber Bua?

[@jmj4879]

Moi ça ne me fait pas rire.....peut être je suis trop sérieux....