Royal Opera House: Tosca
2011 performance of Puccini's "Tosca" by the Royal Opera House
2011 · 2h 8m · N/A
Drama, Music
Directed by
Jonathan Haswell
,
Jonathan Kent
Overview
The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House were under the baton of Antonio Pappano, the Music Director of the Royal Opera House. The pageantry of church ritual, the darkness of a brooding study with its hidden torture chamber and the false optimism of the light of a Roman dawn - all throw into relief the love of the beautiful diva Tosca, the idealism of her lover Cavaradossi and the deadly, destructive obsession of the malevolent Chief of Police, Scarpia. Drama, passion and fabulous music.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Haswell Director
- Jonathan Kent Director
- Angela Gheorghiu as Floria Tosca
- Jonas Kaufmann as Mario Cavaradossi
- Bryn Terfel as Baron Scarpia
- Lukas Jakobski as Cesare Angelotti
- Antonio Pappano as Himself - Conducted by
- Jeremy White as Sacristan
- The Royal Opera Chorus as Prayer / Children
- Hubert Francis as Spoletta - A police agent
- Zhengzhong Zhou as Sciarrone - A police officer
- William Payne as Shepherd Boy
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