[Met Performance] CID:353911
Tosca {915} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/31/2011., Sirius XM Broadcast live
(James Morris's 40th Anniversary
Broadcast)
Metropolitan Opera House
March 31, 2011 Broadcast
TOSCA {915}
Giacomo Puccini-Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa
Tosca...................Violeta Urmana
Cavaradossi.............Salvatore Licitra
Scarpia.................James Morris
Sacristan...............Paul Plishka
Spoletta................Dennis Petersen
Angelotti...............Richard Bernstein
Sciarrone...............James Courtney
Shepherd................Yves Mervin-Leroy
Jailer..................David Crawford
Conductor...............Marco Armiliato
Production..............Luc Bondy
Set designer............Richard Peduzzi
Costume designer........Milena Canonero
Lighting designer.......Max Keller
The performance honored James Morris in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of his Met debut.
At the close of the second intermission Peter Gelb presented James Morris with the crown he wore as Philip II in Don Carlo in recognition of his forty years with the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Morris spoke briefly about his Met career.
Broadcast live on Sirius XM Metropolitan Opera Radio
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper and Teatro alla Scala