Name: Tosca
Start: 2014-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Oksana Dyka

Floria Tosca

Sondra Radvanovsky

Tenor

Roberto Alagna

Mario Cavaradossi

Riccardo Massi

Baritone

Marco Vratogna

Baron Scarpia

Lucio Gallo

Bryn Terfel

Bass

Michel de Souza

Cesare Angelotti

Martyn Hill

Spoletta

Hugh Francis

Jeremy White

The sacristan

Tiziano Bracci

Jihoon Kim

Sciarrone

Simon Wilding

Conductor

Oleg Caetani

Plácido Domingo

Stage director

Jonathan Kent

Costume designer

Paul Brown

Set designer

Assistant Director

Greg Eldridge

Royal Opera House

Italian

Tosca

London

United Kingdom

English

Approved

Bryn Terfel as Scarpia performing 'Te Deum' from Act I of Jonathan Kent's production of Tosca (2011). The Royal Opera.

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From its famous, dissonant opening chords, Tosca conjures up a world of political instability and menace. The Chief of Police, Scarpia – one of the most malevolent villains in opera – ruthlessly pursues and tortures enemies of the state. His dark, demonic music contrasts with the expansive melodies of the idealistic lovers, Tosca and Cavaradossi, who express their passion in sublime arias. Giacomo Puccini’s dramatic work was an instant hit with audiences on its 1900 premiere and it remains one of the most performed of all operas.

A candle-lit church, the darkness of a brooding study with its hidden torture chamber and the false optimism of a Roman dawn: Jonathan Kent’s naturalistic production throws into relief the ruthlessly taut drama, as the tension is wound up towards its fateful conclusion. Puccini’s score is infused with the same authentic detail, from distant canon fire during the Act I ‘Te Deum’ to tolling church bells and the sounds of a firing squad.

Tosca - Te Deum (Bryn Terfel, The Royal Opera)

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew