Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates, in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?
Oliver Mears’s acclaimed production returns, setting Puccini’s operatic thriller in a contemporary, war-torn Rome. Daniel Oren conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, who returns to the title role, joined by Saimir Pirgu as Cavaradossi and Christopher Maltman as Baron Scarpia.
Approximate runtime: 3h 15min / 195min, Two Intervals
Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Floria Tosca ALEKSANDRA KURZAK
Mario Cavaradossi SAIMIR PIRGU
Baron Scarpia CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN
Spoletta ALED HALL
Cesare Angelotti PAWEŁ HORODYSKI
Sacristan JONATHAN LEMALU
Sciarrone SAM HIRD