Something I've been looking for, for some time

[matrixrefugee]

One opera I've always wanted to see live is Puccini's "Tosca", and some years back, an enterprising director devised a production set in the actual locations and times, in Rome, specified in the libretto. I've been trying to find it on video or DVD, but I haven't had much luck. Untill now... Here's a clip of one of my favorite arias from it, featuring Ruggiero Raimondi as the villainous Scarpia:

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[koemiko.livejournal.com]

I just melted...!

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

I gotta find more clips of that production... and isn't he one of the most scrumptiously nasty fellows you ever saw??

[koemiko.livejournal.com]

Excepctionally!