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  • Never fails to stir the heart.

  • NOTHING COMPARES TO THIS; THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANGELA, ROBERTO,  AND THE FANTASTICPRODUCTION AND ORCHESTRA. THIS IS AN ANTHOLOGIE !!!!!

  • She is stunning! Her voice resonates like a platinum nuclear explosion of cataclysmic proportion. Best Tosca Finale EVER!

  • Suspin final este frumos! Ea exprimă tot efortul de un mare artist. Felicitări Angela!

  • man hitman has a wonder ful soundtrack

    too bad the programming is shit and u cant get away with a damn thing

  • Questa gheorghiu mi piace proprio, brava, brava....anche ottima pronuncia, brava

  • This is perfection!! Their is very little better in the word than this!! Gheorhiu is one of the very best in the world.

  • Sometimes I get "Com'è lunga l'attesa" running on a loop inside my head. When I do, I always come back to watch this video again--simply beautiful.

  • And what's with the cut to Gheorgiu at the end, shaking her head at the conductor's bows and then heaving a monstrous sigh?

  • @DieSonneSinkt LOL you sound so angry and unhappy about this. I agree it's over the top, but hey, it's opera. Isn't it supposed to be high drama? If you don't like it, fine, but you might want to stop pretending you have the corner on artistic truth. Ain't no such thing. BTW I really like the Schubert sonata you posted on your YouTube channel. But I must say it seems to me the Elisabeth Schwarzkopf stuff you put up suffers from the same ridiculous posturing you criticize here. De rigeur?

  • @wealthychef There is indeed artistic truth, and it is very difficult to achieve. It involves subtlety for one thing, contrary to this here specimen. As for Schwarzkopf, yes, she looks like a Nazi housewife in those lieder videos - but they are lieder, not opera which is primarily meant to be looked at. But Schwarzkopf's performance as the Marschallin was indeed quite good in Czinner's staging of 'Der Rosenkavalier' conducted by Karajan.

  • @DieSonneSinkt "The art lies in concealing the art."

  • @DieSonneSinkt  Nazi housewife LOL

  • My my that's good stuff. 

  • This is so cheesy it's actually funny.

  • @DieSonneSinkt  Always easier to tear down than to achieve something yourself, right? You're so smart, show us the video you made of amazing musical talent. Idiot.

  • @wealthychef Criticism isn't supposed to come from someone who can do better. On the basis of having seen several performances of this opera, I deduce that this performance in question is utterly trite. Start thinking critically, or you'll stay a boot-licker for the rest of your life.

  • @DieSonneSinkt "Cheesy" is not useful criticism. You are so ignorant you don't even know what it is that the actors are doing that you don't like. Try to be specific if you are trying to be an insightful critic.

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  • Gheorghiu is the perfect Tosca!!!

    Marveilleuse!

  • if hitman absolution doesnt have tasteful pieces of awesome like this, like blood money did, it will be a deprived, waste of a game.

    even the soundtrack was a masterpiece. jesper kyd is a wizard.

    apocalypse is one of the most awesome tracks in any game, ever.

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  • Nice vid great job uploading

  • :47 wuz here:

  • I love the ending it is tragic of course but in a way triumphant as she takes her own life I wrote an article about it if any wants to read it please google "Truvianni,Tosca final scene"

  • 4:12 puuh... :D finally!

  • Bravo!!!!!! Bravo!!!!!!

  • Dude I just got Hitman Blood Money on a whole other level. When you kill the actor (who is like the guy being killed by the firing squad in this clip), he dies and the guy sitting in the box runs over and cries over the dead body (just like the lady who was the lover of the man that was shot).

  • Fantastic. Gheorghiu is a great sucessor to La Divina.

  • Uma das cenas mais emocionantes que já vi até agora,muito bom ouvir quando dois anjos se encontram para cantar parabéns aos dois, são dois cantores magníficos.Bravíssimos!!!!

  • @wangotangowhoo1234 That's probably because you don't understand what is actually happening in this scene. The reason she is smiling is because she thinks the execution of her lover is being faked and that they will be able to run away together.

  • cant tell wether she looks shocked or amused. dont like her acting that much

  • @wangotangowhoo1234 how come she is smileing half the time

  • @paintballKid545 Because Tosca has been tricked by Scarpia, who told her it would be a pretend execution. Having murdered Scarpia she thinks after the fake execution (la muori, ecco un artista! there, die! what an artist!) they'll be able to scape Rome and leave to the shore.

  • @EphramMusic oh i have never seen all of tosca so thanks

  • Stunning, just stunning.

  • She is one of the best Tosca, ever. I think her voice is perfect for this role. Her timbre is exactly that wide and warm to suit the music of Tosca perfect. She also a very good actress on stage and, of course, amazingly beautiful to look at!

  • simply compelling

    

  • I love how the bass forshadows Cavaradossi's fate at 0:19

  • good god! I couldn't breathe!!! I can remember that last time a tosca did that do me. she is amazing!

  • 1:15 Awesome part !

  • 3:46 Gave me chills.

  • 19 people here mistakenly think The Jonas Brothers are the best in music, ever.

  • @CuteMcBeauty I, too, think the Jonas Brothers are the best in music ever. However, I gave this a thumbs up anyway.

  • @CuteMcBeauty it is not a matter of mistake or not but a matter of opinion. Of course do not get me wrong on this, I am no fan of the Jonas Brothers but taste is never mistaken just different,

  • @CuteMcBeauty now 21, because 3 justin bieber's fans just met'em...

  • @CuteMcBeauty and 27 think that Justin Bieber is better singer than Pavarotti. lol

  • She is orgasmic at 3:35...

  • its funny how long it takes for everyone to realise that the tenor is dead in hitman after the rehersal is over

  • @b0bthekillar Must've been a pretty convincing gun prop.

  • isnt she adorable at the end! 

  • the best tosca ever. superb. everything

  • AG has a perfect face for these tragic scenes. Not to mention the singing talent,

    beauty, and acting ability and everything else.

  • who the f*** are the 19 people disliking this vid?? c'mon this is AMAZING!!!

  • this is beautiful, tears are in my eyes! i love this!

  • BRAVA ANGELA, BRAVA!

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  • maravilleux....

  • I don't understand this opera someone would have to explain it to me to fully appreciate it why is she smiling when he dies

  • @panerican4life

    They the soldiers were shooting blanks. She made a deal with the chief of police, Scarpia: she'd sleep with him in exchange for her lover's life and safe passage out of Rome.

    Scarpia said he couldn't issue a pardon, so they'd have to have a fake execution - of course, he never meant to uphold his end of the bargain.

    He didn't get to enjoy it anyway as Tosca stabbed him to death when he went to embrace her.

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  • Oh.... my god.... Jesus H. Christ... intense....

    Opera to me is not real opera if you can't suffer through it... And TOSCA is the BEST!!!!

  • where can i get the instrumental of this piece?

  • This started out as a love scene, and I thought, "Oh, no. it's an opera. It's going to end with deep sadness or death or something."

    i've never seen this one, so...

  • hahahahahaha  me encanta

  • Living TOSCA..........G8 production BBC

  • Normally I really don't like Gheorghiu at all, not because of the voice or technique, but I find her musical talent really weak, just like Netrebko, but I really liked her Tosca final, it is quite exciting! Well who knows, I may be able to see more from her.

  • @Lweoira Justify Ur points.????

    'Weak'???

  • @MartialVidz As I told alredy this scene is exceptional and I have no problem with her technique neither her voice colour bot FOR ME; her performances are dull and boring because it is not enough to sing only the notes.

  • @Lweoira Thanks 4 ur reply. Interesting point, but i feel that, the scene doesn't require a lot of acting.

    Its all about the feelings she portrays without much movement. We have to feel at the opera, else she will be a Hollywood actress - get my point?

  • @MartialVidz I have got ur point but acting is yes maybe one of the things I was mentioning about. I meant 2 say, yes her Tosca seems fine but I didn't like her Juliette, Mimi or Violetta and the reason wasn't only acting, it seems 2 me she has technique and she has a fine voice but that's it. I can't feel her misery in "Addio deI Passato" or her joy of life in "Je veux vivre". I find Diana Damrau more sincere on this point thinking she's also a new generation singer. I hope you got what I mean.

  • @Lweoira True :-) do agree ........Diana Damrau is fresh, thus she has to make her mark.

    Her album, 'COLORaturaS', i think its just OK. Would have wanted her to do unique repertoires though....

    Angela Gheorghiu's Violetta is what make her a STAR - The ROH (LND), Sir George Solti in 1994 she was young - was also smitten by her :-)

  • i envy her...she's got an amazing voice and a sexy husband :)

  • Say bye mr d'alvade... *head shot by agent smith oops agent 47*

  • @extreme1test1crazy Yeah With a real gun.i Love this song

  • what an incredible woman

  • MUY BUENO!!!! EXCELENTÍSIMA GHEORGHIU!!

  • @CNoeliaSoprano TENES RAZON

  • Benoit Jacquot superbe réalisateur de ce Film. A voir absolument émotion garantie.

  • truly amazing! She's so expressive

    I swear when she calls his name because she realizes he's dead she sent shivers down my spine

  • perfect singing, perfect acting, just great

  • Gorgeous music. Not sure about the acting, compared to others....

  • No one does it like Puccini!

  • At the end "A casa a casa, amici.." from Cavalleria Rusticana.. ahah xD

  • Very nice scene!!! Puccini was a genius!!!!, I think A. Gheorghiu did a magnificent job ,her acting skills are excellent and shes a great soprano and shes very pretty as well!!!!. . I LOVE PUCCINI, I LOVE OPERA!!!! god bless!!

  • Angela had the audience weeping like flogged nuns.

    Staggeringly good.

  • hitman blood money, woop woop!

  • @BoyChoji just to let you know it is WOP not WOOP. See this stands for "With Out Papers" which was the way many Italians were referred to because they did not have legal documents when they first arrived in the states.

  • @truvianni Captain Obvious points out that "without" is always spelled "without" not "with out" even if you mean "Without papers"

  • @PrinsTan yes so I made a mistake but what is your point? I think you understood what I meant so keep your corrections to yourself yet I see it as being so typical of those who have nothing to say to worry about silly things like that.

  • @truvianni which is why you made a very long reply

    

  • @truvianni Wha? I'm not on about the Italians, just Hitman!

  • @BoyChoji It is ok I just wanted to bring out that little bit of information not that it makes any difference to me one way or another though my father was Italian

  • Umm... ok, but no very dramatic.... especially her ''o mario!''s and her fall and pretty much everything from "così" onwards... but, good....for very sporadic listening more than watching...

  • Scarpia promised Tosca the firing squad would use fake bullits on Mario, but he tricked her... So she kills herself...

  • A. Gheorghiu is just stunning in every sense of the word

    and I much prefer this version than when sung by others (including Callas)

    the only drawback of this video is her pfiou at the end

  • why is the women smiling when her husband gets shot. then she flips out and kills herself??????

  • @KBMKBMKBMKBM She thought that she had arranged it with one of the guards to make it a fake execution, but he double-crossed her and it turned out to actually be a real execution.

  • @KBMKBMKBMKBM Because she thought the execution was being faked. Scarpia tricked her. When Tosca realises Mario has been killed, she kills herself.

  • i dont know anything about this oprea. why is she smiling when he gets shot and then she flips out and kills herself.

  • i dont know anything about this oprea. why is she smiling when he gets shot and then she flips out and kills herself.

  • is that lady evil? i know nothing of this oprea why is she smiling and then she freaks out?

  • @KBMKBMKBMKBM If you wikipedia "Tosca" it will give you a synopsis of the opera and everything will make perfect sense.

  • can´t be described....no words enough....

  • Maravilhosa Tosca!!!

  • Saw this last night at the Metropolitan Opera, amazing!

  • The olny reason I know and love this song is cause I killed the opera singer in so many different ways to it. In Bloodmoney i mean. Light systems, sniper rifle, heavy machine gun, garrot wire. mmm. good times.

  • Has anyone else noticed that at the moment after Tosca throws herself off the walls, there's a plume of sand, as if she fell into a sandpit? You'd think such a well-planned scene wouldn't have a goof like that. Or not, I could be wrong and there's a logical explanation I've overlooked. Either way, still an amazing scene. Makes me cry every time I watch it. :)

  • @Deathwatch05: I did notice it, but I always thought it was some dust on the stone she jumps of. And because of the air flow it looks like it is comming from down below ^_^

  • Ich mag Angela Gheorhiu wirklich gerne als Tosca, aber ihre Mimik ist in dem Film teilweise dezent übertrieben....vor allem die Folterszene bekommt durch ihr Schauspiel einen komischen Anstrich....

    Aber sonst.....bravo bravo bravo

    (nicht zuletzt Raimondi, der Frauenheld schlechthin, hehe...)

  • "ECCO UN ARTISTA!!!!" Dear Lord I've seen Tosca many times but this was just heart breaking! I had tears in my eyes! BRAVISSIMA Gheorghiu!!!!

    *btw I loved the detail of the dust at 3:49

  • Excellent act, love this scene !!!!!!

  • Mah...tosca è un'altra cosa! Lei è molto bella però. Pessima la regia: lei parte per buttarsi ancora prima che Spoletta la accusi! Mah...

  • Esque ésto es bello bello!!! que amor, que tragedia! que música, que pasaba por la cabeza de Puccini por Dios!

  • Molto brava

  • Words cannot describe the pure, amazing beauty of this scene! Puccini, what an achievement!

  • bella e talentuosa! brava Angela!

  • angela >callas

  • I disagree but, I do think she is absolutely fabulous. Gheorghiu and Dessay can easily be called my favorite modern sopranos.

  • non esageriamo =)

  • awsome!!! *_*

  • tosca is played in 007 too

  • What a drama....

  • Bravo Angela!

  • exelente!! me encantoooo!! que tragediaaa!! es la expresion del enloqueciemiento por amor!!! un placeer!

  • Se queste gemme venissero accompagnate dal testo in more info...sarebbe grandioso...

    Grazie mille ..anche senza..

    Anzi,

    Un milione !

  • que tragedia!!!! un placer!!! eso es la expresion mas profunda del enloquecimiento por amor!!! grandiosoooooo!!

  • ....I love hitman blood money.

  • i know it from that too :)

  • Heh, I think that's why I like opera now.

    And some people think games are bad for ya. Expanding horizons man, expanding horizons.

  • @TPM4594 NIce!!!! hahahahhaha

  • @TPM4594 me too

  • @TPM4594 haha i am too :D

  • @TPM4594 Me to!!I love this song

  • @TPM4594 18 people are still stuck in the mission of the Opera in Paris

    18 personnes sont encore coincer a la mission de l'opera a paris

  • @baltorz2 Lol, thats good.i love this mission on H4

  • @TPM4594 me 2

  • Melodrame tres tragique..

  • puccini!!!how can a human write this?!

  • Magnifico!

  • I'm going to see this opera in Prague on Dec 4th! I CAN"T WAIT... I've been longing to see it for a loooong time.. It is simply MARVELOUS!

  • Simply perfect - I believe in every note she sings. Brava!!!!

  • Could someone please translate this final scene (english)?

  • just google the english libretto maybe, then you have the whole opera and you understand everything better ^^

  • Yes I did, and found it. Thank you!

  • You're welcome! Do you like the opera?

  • I got taken by the twist on the last scene.. the irony, so unexpected! Very creative! How about you?

  • Which irony? Maybe I was not able to enjoy the opera totally at the first time I saw it, because I already knew the story. But it is a very dramatic end indeed.

  • She set up and encouraged her lover to what she thought was a fake execution, when in fact was for real! That is the irony I refer to... I've only seen the last two final acts for this opera.

  • Oh, yes, of course. Quite tragic. I especially liked how Puccini made it ironic, through the music we hear when Mario was shot. It is the theme but altered into sth too exaggerated and therefore (for the audience) it shows the tragedy.

  • You should see the whole opera, I like acts 1 and 2 more than the last, because of my favourite character in Opera: Scarpia. He is so mean, clever and I cannot describe it, but he somehow fascinates me. I also love his "arias" although there are not many of them where he sings totally alone. The Te Deum for example is great. Try Ruggero Raimondi as Scarpia, he is my favourite. If you are more advanced then, try Tito Gobbi. They are BOTH my favourites ; )

  • Lol hitman

  • Puccini is absolutely genius

  • The way it should be -- NOT like the current Met Opera production, though the last-second tableau at the Met is quite good.

  • I agree. It was so disappointing.

  • Beautiful! What more can one say?

  • perfecto!

  • My favorite scene of this opera, love the music. This and the end of Act I

  • I love this scene!

  • omg.....I cried. I love Puccini.

  • mi tocca piangere tutte le volte che ascolto questo finale "Oh Scarpia, davanti a Dio!"...

    ...questa musica è davvero immortale, non saprei come definirla altrimenti!

    Brava Gheorghiu (e bellissima donna), bella regia e bei costumi!

    Non capisco le critiche che le si rivolgono, a me pare perfettamente calata nel personaggio!

  • hai ragione in tutto!!!!!!!!bei costumi,musica immortale,bravissima oltre che bellissima gheorghiu, perfettamente in sintonia col personaggio!

  • Vero!

    ho letto il tuo profilo, sono curioso di vedere qlc video delle tue interpretazioni! :-)

  • li metterò a presto =)