Roberto Gabbiani

En 1800, à Rome, peu après la victoire de Napoléon à Marengo, Floria Tosca, une chanteuse napolitaine, accepte tous les sacrifices pour l'amour de Mario Cavaradossi, un noble aux convictions libérales. Mais celle-ci est courtisée par le baron Scarpia, ministre de la police pontificale. Ce dernier soupçonne le peintre d'offrir l'hospitalité à son ami Angelotti, révolutionnaire évadé du château de Saint-Ange. Il attise la jalousie de Tosca à l'égard de la marquise Attavani, dont Cavaradossi fait le portrait.

This was Domingo's last set of performances as Otello in La Scala. In spite of his relatively advanced age, he is still in excellent form, both vocally and in terms of stage presence. Nucci is also his usual self, delivering a performance of very high standard. Barbara Frittoli is an excellent Desdemona, in good voice and gives a very moving performance. Muti conducts with great emotion and tight accuracy, conveying the full orchestral drama of the score.

Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed on 28 March 1896 at La Scala, Milan. The story is based loosely on the life of the French poet André Chénier (1762–1794), who was executed during the French Revolution.

Live from La Scala 1991