www.bocelli.de

read the critic of the recognized German classic magazine: "Das Opernglas" (in English translation)

video and audio clips at the Decca site

and at www.andreabocelli.com

interview from 2010 including some insights about the recording

Andrea Bocelli (Mario Cavaradossi) Diego Barretta (Sciarrone) Sergio Bertocchi (Spoletta) Fiorenza Cedolins (Floria Tosca) Matteo Ciccone (Shepherd) Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Cesare Angelotti) Carlo Guelfi (Scarpia) Matteo Peirone (Sagrestano) José Ignacio Ventura (Carceriere)

Track 2 E sempre lava! . . . Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae . . . Che fai?
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 3:16

Track 3 Dammi i colori . . . Recondita armonia
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 4:19

Track 4 Voi! Cavaradossi!
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 1:07

Track 5 Mario! Mario! Mario! -- Son qui . . . Non la sospiri la nostra casetta . . . Ah, quegli occhi
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 13:03

Track 6 E buona la mia Tosca . . . Siam soli?
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 3:58

Track 7 Sommo giubilo, Eccellenza!
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 1:33

Track 8 Un tal baccano in chiesa!
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 3:54

Track 9 Or tutto e chiaro . . . Mario?! Mario?!
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 7:46

Track 10 Tre sbirri, una carrozza . . . Adjutorum nostrum in nomine Domini
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 4:27

Track 2 Ha piu forte sapore la conquista violenta . . . Spoletta e giunto
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 1:16

Track 3 O galantuomo, come ando la caccia?
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 3:45

Track 4 Ov'e Angelotti? . . . Mario, tu qui?!
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 3:56

Track 5 Sciarrone: che dice il Cavalier?
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 2:57

Track 6 Orsu, Tosca, parlate . . . Mario, consenti ch'io parli?
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 3:52

Track 7 Floria . . . -- Amore . . .
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 1:24

Track 8 Vittoria! Vittoria!
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 2:43

Track 9 Quanto?
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 4:33

Track 10 Vissi d'arte
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 4:36

Track 11 Chi e la?
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 2:02

Track 12 Io tenni la promessa
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 6:24

Track 13 Io de' sospiri
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 5:00

Track 14 Mario Cavaradossi? A voi
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 4:20

Track 15 E lucevan le stelle
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 3:11

Track 16 Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca . . .
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 2:49

Track 17 O dolci mani . . . L'ora! -- Son pronto
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 8:04

Track 18 Come e lunga l'attesa!
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 2:21

Track 19 Presto, su! Mario! Mario! . . . E lei!
From Tosca (Puccini)
Running Time 1:26

Herbert Von Karajan used to say that every conductor should do Tosca once a year to get all our aggression out of us, and it is true." (Zubin Mehta)
Tosca is one of Puccini’s greatest masterpieces and best-loved operas. It features some of the most popular arias in the operatic repertory and both "Recondita Armonia", and "E lucevan le stelle" have become recital standards performed by the greatest operatic stars.
Andrea Bocelli is passionate about widening the audience of Italian opera and Tosca, with its vibrant sensuality and melodrama, greatly appealed to him:
"…As a native of Tuscany and a Puccinian, I certainly feel comfortable with Puccini's characters, particularly the role of Cavaradossi who …is a man with a capital "M". Not only is he Tosca’s lover, he is also an artist and a man interested in and involved in politics. I’ve studied the character closely and I now feel I can really identify with him".
Tosca is the second complete opera for Decca (the first being La Bohème : 464 060-2) and the third collaboration of Andrea and Maestro Zubin Mehta, (Verdi : 464 600-2 was the first collaboration). He is also joined on this recording by Italian soprano Fiorenza Cedolins, who sang Tosca with Pavarotti in 1996, having won the international Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition. She has performed in many of the world's major venues and will debut at Munich's Bayerische Staatsoper this year with 'Il Trovatore' conducted by Zubin Mehta.