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{{short description|2001 film by Benoît Jacquot}}
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'''''Tosca''''' is a 2001 [[musical film|musical]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Benoît Jacquot]], closely based on the 1900 opera ''[[Tosca]]'' with music by [[Giacomo Puccini]] and an Italian libretto by [[Luigi Illica]] and [[Giuseppe Giacosa]], based in turn on [[La Tosca|the 1887 play]] by [[Victorien Sardou]]. The film stars soprano [[Angela Gheorghiu]], tenor [[Roberto Alagna]], and baritone [[Ruggero Raimondi]], who mime their parts, sung in Italian. The soundtrack was pre-recorded in 2000 with the [[Royal Opera House]] orchestra and chorus conducted by [[Antonio Pappano]].<ref name=Greenfield>[[Edward Greenfield]], [https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/31689/page/86 "Thrilling Performances Caught with Vivid Immediacy in a Compelling Cinematic Tosca"], ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'', September 2003, p. 86.</ref><ref name=Scott>[[A. O. Scott]], [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/12/movies/film-review-transposing-the-power-of-tosca-to-the-big-screen.html "Film Review: Transposing the Power of 'Tosca' to the Big Screen"], ''The New York Times'', July 12, 2002.</ref>
'''''Tosca''''' is a 2001 French drama film directed by [[Benoît Jacquot]] based on [[Tosca|the 1900 opera]] by [[Giacomo Puccini]].

== Plot ==
Tosca is in love with Cavaradossi, who is arrested by Scarpia for helping escaped prisoner Angelotti to hide. Scarpia has Cavaradossi tortured in the presence of Tosca, who divulges Angelotti's hiding place. Tosca agrees to submit to Scarpia's advances, if he spares Cavaradossi's life in a mock execution and provides her with a safe-conduct to allow her and her lover to escape Rome. After Scarpia finishes writing, she stabs and kills him. She joins her lover on a platform at the top of the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]], where the execution is to take place. She shows him the safe-conduct and explains how she got it, and she assures him it is to be a mock execution. However, Scarpia has tricked her, the execution is real, and Tosca realizes Cavaradossi is dead. Scarpia's murder has been discovered, and Spoleta can be heard coming to arrest her. With a final cry, she leaps from the parapet to her death.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Angela Gheorghiu]] as Floria Tosca
* [[Angela Gheorghiu]] as Floria Tosca, a singer
* [[Roberto Alagna]] as Mario Cavaradossi
* [[Roberto Alagna]] as Mario Cavaradossi, a painter
* [[Ruggero Raimondi]] as Vitellio Scarpia
* [[Ruggero Raimondi]] as Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police
* Maurizio Muraro as Cesare Angelotti, former Consul of the [[Roman Republic (1798–1799)|Roman Republic]]
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* [[David Cangelosi]] as Spoletta
* [[Sorin Coliban]] as Sciarrone
* Enrico Fissore as a sacristan
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* David Cangelosi as Spoletta, a police agent
* [[Enrico Fissore]] as Sagrestano
* [[Sorin Coliban]] as Sciarrone, a gendarme
* [[Gwynne Howell]] as a prison guard
* James Savage-Hanford as a shepherd boy

== Release ==
The soundtrack album was recorded at [[Abbey Road Studio]] No. 1 in August 2000 and issued on CD in 2001 by [[EMI Classics]].<ref>''Tosca'', EMI classics CD (2001), {{OCLC|810280601}}.</ref><ref>Michael Oliver, [https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/31594/page/99 "A fine ''Tosca'', crowned by Gheorghiu, that bodes well for Pappano's forthcoming tenure."], ''Gramophone'', December 2001, pp. 99, 101.</ref> The film premiered at the [[Venice Film Festival]] (out of competition) on September 1, 2001,<ref>[https://www.filmportal.de/film/tosca_7258681cedfb4d8ca93d0dbf7aa11b31 "''Tosca'' (2001)"], filmportal.de. Retrieved December 10, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/955/david-cangelosi "David Cangelosi: About This Artist"], LA Phil website. Retrieved December 10, 2023.</ref> and also received a pre-release screening on December 1, 2001, at the opera house in [[Lucca]], where Puccini was born.<ref name=Conrad2001>Peter Conrad, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/09/features.review1 "A night with La Draculetta"], ''The Guardian'', December 9, 2001.</ref> It was released in movie theaters in the UK on April 5, 2002,<ref name=Conrad2001/> and released in the United States by Avatar Films in July 2002.<ref name=Scott/> On [[home video]], it was released in the UK in 2003 by [[Opus Arte]] in [[DVD-video|DVD]] format ([[PAL]], [[anamorphic widescreen]] 16:9 picture format, 2-channel [[PCM]] and [[5.1 surround sound|5.1-channel DTS surround sound]], subtitled)<ref>''Tosca'', Opus Arte DVD (2003), {{ASIN|B00009XW7Z|country=uk}}, {{OCLC|694081971}}.</ref> and in the United States in 2005 by [[Kultur International Films|Kultur]] ([[NTSC]], widescreen, 2-channel and multichannel surround sound).<ref>''Tosca'', Kultur DVD (2005), {{ASIN|B000BB1MH8}}, {{OCLC|62242382}}.</ref> In 2017 it was released in [[4K Ultra HD]] and [[Blu-ray]] formats by [[Arthaus Musik]].<ref>''Tosca'', Arthaus Musik Blu-ray (2017), {{OCLC|1045069654}}, [https://arthaus-musik.com/en/blu-ray/a-z/media/details/Tosca_2.html Arthaus Musik product page].</ref>

== Reception ==
The film received generally positive reviews. The [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported an approval rating of {{RT data|score}}, with an average score of {{RT data|average}}, based on {{RT data|count}} reviews.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_metropolitan_opera_tosca/ "Tosca 2001, Musical/Drama"], [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230510025543/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_metropolitan_opera_tosca Archived] from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved {{RT data|access date}}.</ref> John von Rhein of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' suggested "You would be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack, or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production."<ref name=RottenTomatoesReviews>Quoted at [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_metropolitan_opera_tosca/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviews "Tosca Reviews"], Rotten Tomatoes.</ref> However, the opera critic [[Edward Greenfield]], writing in 2003 in the classical music review magazine ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'', stated: "I cannot think of a film of ''Tosca'' quite as compelling as this."<ref name=Greenfield/> Robert Denerstein of the ''[[Denver Rocky Mountain News]]'' wrote: "From the trembling fury of Gheorgiu's Tosca to the penetrating stare of Raimondi's Scarpia, this ''Tosca'' blazes with passion. At its best, it's sublime."<ref name=RottenTomatoesReviews/>

{{Metacritic film prose|70|eighteen|ref=yes|access-date= 20 January 2024}}

== See also ==
* [[Tosca discography|''Tosca'' discography]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 06:24, 25 May 2024

Tosca
Film poster
Directed byBenoît Jacquot
Based onLa Tosca
by Victorien Sardou
Produced byDaniel Toscan du Plantier
StarringAngela Gheorghiu
Roberto Alagna
Ruggero Raimondi
CinematographyRomain Winding
Edited byLuc Barnier
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
126 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
United Kingdom
Germany
LanguageItalian

Tosca is a 2001 musical drama film written and directed by Benoît Jacquot, closely based on the 1900 opera Tosca with music by Giacomo Puccini and an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based in turn on the 1887 play by Victorien Sardou. The film stars soprano Angela Gheorghiu, tenor Roberto Alagna, and baritone Ruggero Raimondi, who mime their parts, sung in Italian. The soundtrack was pre-recorded in 2000 with the Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus conducted by Antonio Pappano.[1][2]

Plot

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Tosca is in love with Cavaradossi, who is arrested by Scarpia for helping escaped prisoner Angelotti to hide. Scarpia has Cavaradossi tortured in the presence of Tosca, who divulges Angelotti's hiding place. Tosca agrees to submit to Scarpia's advances, if he spares Cavaradossi's life in a mock execution and provides her with a safe-conduct to allow her and her lover to escape Rome. After Scarpia finishes writing, she stabs and kills him. She joins her lover on a platform at the top of the Castel Sant'Angelo, where the execution is to take place. She shows him the safe-conduct and explains how she got it, and she assures him it is to be a mock execution. However, Scarpia has tricked her, the execution is real, and Tosca realizes Cavaradossi is dead. Scarpia's murder has been discovered, and Spoleta can be heard coming to arrest her. With a final cry, she leaps from the parapet to her death.

Cast

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Release

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The soundtrack album was recorded at Abbey Road Studio No. 1 in August 2000 and issued on CD in 2001 by EMI Classics.[3][4] The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival (out of competition) on September 1, 2001,[5][6] and also received a pre-release screening on December 1, 2001, at the opera house in Lucca, where Puccini was born.[7] It was released in movie theaters in the UK on April 5, 2002,[7] and released in the United States by Avatar Films in July 2002.[2] On home video, it was released in the UK in 2003 by Opus Arte in DVD format (PAL, anamorphic widescreen 16:9 picture format, 2-channel PCM and 5.1-channel DTS surround sound, subtitled)[8] and in the United States in 2005 by Kultur (NTSC, widescreen, 2-channel and multichannel surround sound).[9] In 2017 it was released in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray formats by Arthaus Musik.[10]

Reception

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The film received generally positive reviews. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 65%, with an average score of 6.3/10, based on 37 reviews.[11] John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune suggested "You would be better off investing in the worthy EMI recording that serves as the soundtrack, or the home video of the 1992 Malfitano-Domingo production."[12] However, the opera critic Edward Greenfield, writing in 2003 in the classical music review magazine Gramophone, stated: "I cannot think of a film of Tosca quite as compelling as this."[1] Robert Denerstein of the Denver Rocky Mountain News wrote: "From the trembling fury of Gheorgiu's Tosca to the penetrating stare of Raimondi's Scarpia, this Tosca blazes with passion. At its best, it's sublime."[12]

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on eighteen critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Edward Greenfield, "Thrilling Performances Caught with Vivid Immediacy in a Compelling Cinematic Tosca", Gramophone, September 2003, p. 86.
  2. ^ a b A. O. Scott, "Film Review: Transposing the Power of 'Tosca' to the Big Screen", The New York Times, July 12, 2002.
  3. ^ Tosca, EMI classics CD (2001), OCLC 810280601.
  4. ^ Michael Oliver, "A fine Tosca, crowned by Gheorghiu, that bodes well for Pappano's forthcoming tenure.", Gramophone, December 2001, pp. 99, 101.
  5. ^ "Tosca (2001)", filmportal.de. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "David Cangelosi: About This Artist", LA Phil website. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Peter Conrad, "A night with La Draculetta", The Guardian, December 9, 2001.
  8. ^ Tosca, Opus Arte DVD (2003), ASIN B00009XW7Z, OCLC 694081971.
  9. ^ Tosca, Kultur DVD (2005), ASIN B000BB1MH8, OCLC 62242382.
  10. ^ Tosca, Arthaus Musik Blu-ray (2017), OCLC 1045069654, Arthaus Musik product page.
  11. ^ "Tosca 2001, Musical/Drama", Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  12. ^ a b Quoted at "Tosca Reviews", Rotten Tomatoes.
  13. ^ "Tosca". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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