Tosca: An opera film by Benoît Jacquot

Tosca – the epitome of Italian opera. It is a thrilling story about desire, passion and death. A story about one beloved woman and two men, who fight a duel – one of them is an angel and the other one a demon. Benoît Jacquot, the successful French film director, does not create a stage performance but an opera for the cinema in 2001. A bold idea and an exciting venture – he loves his actors, the close-up shots and he has developed his own style as it turned out in many other of his films before. The result is a wonderful production of one of Puccini’s greatest operas with an amazing set design, beautiful costumes and an emotional performance by Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna, the opera dream couple at that time, in the main roles and Ruggero Raimondi as counterpart.

Cast:
- Floria Tosca: Angela Gheorghiu
- Mario Cavaradossi: Roberto Alagna
- Baron Scarpia: Ruggero Raimondi
- Cesare Angelotti: Maurizio Muraro
- The sacristan: Enrico Fissore
- Spoletta: David Cangelosi
- Sciarrone: Sorin Coliban

Set Design: Sylvain Chauvelot
Costume Desgin: Christian Gasc

Sound Format: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9
DVD 9 / NTSC
Running Time: 125 mins
Subtitles: DE, FR, EN, IT, ES, KOR