Description
How was it that when Sardou’s drama was transformed into an opera it became the very symbol of operatic art? Is it because Tosca portrays a singer whose jealousy has a fatal bearing on the destiny of her lover?
Is it because Puccini’s music floods the play, highlighting the sensuality and the subtlety of its eponymous heroine?
Or is it ultimately because, from the moment the curtain rises to the heroine’s final fall, Tosca advances towards the final tragedy with the relentless efficiency of a perfectly regulated machine?
The remarkable theatrical director Pierre Audi treats Puccini’s opera to a production that reflects the dimensions of the score: a Pasolinian landscape overshadowed by a gigantic cross symbolising the collusion between those who oppress in the name of the church and their political counterparts. The work is performed by an impressive cast including Anja Harteros, Marcelo Álvarez and Bryn Terfel.Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine/Chœur d'enfants de l'Opéra national de ParisA coproduction by Act 4 Productions and the Paris Opera
© Opéra national de Paris – ACT 4 Productions - 2014
Description
Floria Tosca: Famous singer
Mario Cavaradossi: Painter and Floria Tosca’s lover, a republican sympathiser
Baron Scarpia: Rome’s chief of police
Cesare Angelotti: Political prisoner, escaped from the Castel Sant’Angelo
Spoletta: Scarpia’s police agent
Sciarrone: Another of Scarpia’s agents
The Sacristan: Sacristan at the Sant’Andrea della Valle church
The jailor: Warden at the Castel Sant’Angelo prisonDescription
Act 1
00:01:53
Act 2
00:48:56
Act 3
01:32:57
Creatives
Music Libretto Giuseppe Giacosa,
Luigi Illica
Conductor Daniel Oren
Director Set design Costume design Lighting design Dramaturgy
Cast
Extras
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