Another treasure from Mike Richter‘s trove: the only studio recording of Dorothy Kirsten‘s celebrated Tosca.

From the Richter CD-ROM “MORC,” a selection from the Metropolitan Opera Record Club, recorded in March, 1957.

Puccini: Tosca (abridged)

Floria Tosca: Dorothy Kirsten
Mario Cavaradossi: Daniele Barioni
Il barone Scarpia: Frank Guarrera
Il Sagristano: Salvatore Baccaloni
Cesare Angelotti: Clifford Harvuot
Spoletta: Alessio De Paolis
Sciarrone: George Cehanovsky
Un carceriere: Louis Sgarro

Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos