Puccini: Tosca

Puccini: Tosca

128 mins | Music | July 14, 2011

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.

Puccini: Tosca

128 mins | Music | July 14, 2011

Puccini: Tosca
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.
Producers Royal Opera House, EMI Classics
Original title Puccini: Tosca
Directors Jonathan Kent, Jonathan Haswell
Writers Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa

Cast

Angela Gheorghiu

as Floria Tosca

Jonas Kaufmann

as Mario Cavaradossi

Bryn Terfel

as Baron Scarpia

Lukas Jakobski

as Cesare Angelotti

Jeremy White

as Sacristan

Hubert Francis

as Spoletta - A police agent

Zhengzhong Zhou

as Sciarrone - A police officer

William Payne

as Shepherd Boy

John Morrissey

as Gaoler

Antonio Pappano

as Conductor