tracks a, b1, b2 baritone vocals ["sacristan"] Giulio Tomei
tracks b1, b2, c baritone vocals ["scarpia, chief of police"] Armando Borgioli
tracks a bass vocals ["angelotti, a political plotter"] Ernesto Dominici
tracks b1 to d bass vocals ["sciarrone, a gendarme"] Gino Conti
tracks b1, b2, d chorus Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma
chorus master Giuseppe Conca
tracks a to c conductor Oliviero de Fabritiis
libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa
libretto by Luigi Illica
music by Giacomo Puccini
tracks a to d orchestra Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma
tracks d soprano vocals ["shepherd boy"] Anna Marcangeli
tracks a to d soprano vocals ["tosca, a celebrated singer"] Maria Caniglia
tracks a to d tenor vocals ["cavaradossi, a painter"] Beniamino Gigli
tracks b1 to d tenor vocals ["spoletta, a police agent"] Nino Mazziotti
text by [based on the play "la tosca" by] Victorien Sardou
translated by [english version by] William Beatty-Kingston
Record Company Radio Corporation Of America
Record 1 contains sides A and D
Record 2 contains sides B anc C

Includes a 60-page booklet with The Story Of The Opera* and Italian-English Libretto**

*Reprinted from The Victor Book Of Operas by permission of SIMON AND SCHUSTER PUBLISHERS. Copyright, 1949 by Simon and Schuster, Inc. **Both the Italian Text and the English Translations are taken, by permission, from the Libretto published by G. RICORDI & CO.

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Labels: Recorded In Europe, In Italian, Non-Breakable, Made In U. S. A.
Booklet: Form 36-837, WCT-82, LCT-6004, Printed in U. S. A.

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Matrix / Runout: E1RP-0317 (Label A)
Matrix / Runout: E1RP-0318 (Label B)
Matrix / Runout: E1RP-0319 (Label C)
Matrix / Runout: E1RP-0320 (Label D)
Matrix / Runout: E1RP-0317-3S 1 A2 (Runout A)
Matrix / Runout: E1RP-0318-5S 1 B1 (Runout B)
Matrix / Runout: E1RP-0318-7S 1 C1 (Runout C)
Matrix / Runout: E1 RP 0320 3S 1 B2 (Runout D)