G. Puccini: " TOSCA" ( MET, 11/21/59) Curtis-Verna, Bjöerling, MacNeil/Mitropoulos

This house wire recording has been around forever. My copy is from an early source from which I fixed some pitch and lowered a bit of distortion. Great sound. Bjöerling sings like a God. He would die just 10 months after this performance. Metropolitan Opera November 21st, 1959 Giacomo Puccini TOSCA Tosca: Mary Curtis-Verna Mario Cavaradossi: Jussi Björling Baron Scarpia: Cornell MacNeil Cesare Angelotti: Norman Scott Sacristan: Lawrence Davidson Spoletta: Paul Franke Sciarrone: Osie Hawkins Jailer: Roald Reitan Shepherd: George Ryan Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera Act One 0:00 Act Two 46:41 Act Three 1:29:13