Sunday, 9 November 2008

James Bond Quantum of Solace video clip from Bregenz Festival Tosca


Daniel Craig on the Bregenz stage with the Tosca eye

A scene from the new James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" was filmed at the Bregenz Festival during a performance of Tosca. The performance is Himmelmann´s 2007 staging, recently released on DVD, featuring an appropriate (with respect to Mr. Bond) giant eye - Nadja Michael is Tosca, Gidon Saks is Scarpia.

For what it is worth, this is actually the best scene in the entire movie. By the way, did I mention that Daniel Craig is absolutely smashing as James Bond, by a large margin the best I have seen?

The section heard is Scarpia´s "Va, Tosca" (Te Deum) from the end of Act 1. Tosca´s murder of Scarpia is also seen about 2 minutes later in the movie.

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13 comments:

  1. Anonymous20 October 2008 at 18:20

    COOOOOOL :) I think that Tosca was really interesting... not the best vocally but finally not a boring traditional Tosca... :)))

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  2. Anonymous30 October 2008 at 18:23

    Haven't seen the film yet but lots of people are is more Jason Bourne than James Bond

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  3. Anonymous9 November 2008 at 17:40

    best scene in the film; the way this scene ends with just the threatening music and no sounds of the actual shooting is just brilliant ....

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  4. mostly opera...9 November 2008 at 17:51

    I agree. Just saw it in the theatre.

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  5. Parsifal9 November 2008 at 19:17

    It's not Nadja Michael with Saks ....it's Karine Babajanyan and Sebastien Soules who sing Tosca and Scarpia...

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  6. mostly opera...9 November 2008 at 19:34

    Yes, I probably didn´t express myself clearly enough - I was referring to the casting of the Bregenz video..
    Was wondering who the other singers were - thanks..

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  7. Parsifal9 November 2008 at 23:09

    ps. I usually kinda like Nadja Michael but this Tosca was horrible...

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  8. mostly opera...10 November 2008 at 17:54

    Well, I actually like everything about Nadja Michael, except her voice...

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  9. Antoine20 February 2009 at 02:06

    I didn't see 007 until tonight. Thanks for the info.

    and Yes. I enjoyed this opera scene better than the rest of the movie.

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  10. Dusty13 May 2009 at 18:19

    Hi,
    Since I saw this movie I kind of wanted to see the full version of this "Tosca" on DVD. Same decoration set, (same singers).
    Could you tell me please if it's been released?
    Do you know if it is available?
    You mentioned before:
    "A scene from the new James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" was filmed at the Bregenz Festival during a performance of Tosca. The performance is Himmelmann´s 2007 staging, recently released on DVD, featuring an appropriate (with respect to Mr. Bond) giant eye - Nadja Michael is Tosca, Gidon Saks is Scarpia."
    But the singers, as somebody stated before, are not the same.
    Any clue?
    Thank you very much,

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  11. mostly opera...13 May 2009 at 18:56

    This Tosca production has been released on DVD and is available on amazon (search: Nadja Michael + Tosca + DVD). The day the James Bond was filmed the cast was another one than on the DVD.

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  12. Dusty13 May 2009 at 19:39

    Mostly Opera,
    Thank you very much for the info.
    I really appreciate it.
    Now I know that there is only one option and that's what I 'm going to get without concerns or fear to regret in the future for not buying the exact same thing I saw on the movie.
    What's more important to my is the same (or almost) staging and theater.
    Thanks again,

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  13. Luis - Diseño web2 December 2011 at 17:47

    That´s the best scene in the film.

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