Tosca's Kiss
Director Daniel Schmid
Countries
Duration 87 min
Synopsis
Giuseppe Verdi used to describe it as his “finest work”, specially made for those who were less fortunate than him in life. Founded by the famous opera composer, “Casa di Riposo” (a place that still stands today at Buonarotti Square in Milan) was built for people who never made a big career, old opera singers and retired musicians. Tosca’s Kiss shows us how they still re-enact and reproduce their old triumphant stage roles, in a quotidian influenced by the old stage memories. Vissi d’Arti, one of Puccini’s emblematic arias, is the central theme of this film – one of the greatest in film history..
Giuseppe Verdi used to describe it as his “finest work”, specially made for those who were less fortunate than him in life. Founded by the famous opera composer, “Casa di Riposo” (a place that still stands today at Buonarotti Square in Milan) was built for people who never made a big career, old opera singers and retired musicians. Tosca’s Kiss shows us how they still re-enact and reproduce their old triumphant stage roles, in a quotidian influenced by the old stage memories. Vissi d’Arti, one of Puccini’s emblematic arias, is the central theme of this film – one of the greatest in film history..