Program: Great Performances | Type: Clip | Aired: 2021-01-15

About Act II of Tosca

Antonio Pappano discusses the power and impact of Act II of Puccini’s “Tosca” and how opera is about more than a singer’s voice.

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Great Performances brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

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