London, UK – Tosca

Puccini: Tosca

CAST
Floria Tosca – Anna Netrebko
Mario Cavaradossi – Freddie De Tommaso
Baron Scarpia – Gerald Finley
Spoletta – Carlo Bosi
Cesare Angelotti – Ossian Huskinson
Sacristan – Alessandro Corbelli
Sciarrone – Siphe Kwani
Royal Opera Chorus
Chorus Director – William Spaulding
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conducted by Jakub Hrůša

Music – Giacomo Puccini
Libretto – Giuseppe Giacosa
Director – Oliver Mears
Set designer – Simon Lima Holdsworth
Costume designer – Ilona Karas
Lighting Designer – Fabiana Piccioli
Movement Director – Anna Morrissey

Venue Note
In war-torn Rome, 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 into making a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?

A star-studded cast includes sopranos Anna Netrebko and Aleksandra Kurzak as Tosca, tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley as Scarpia, with Jakub Hrůša conducting his first new production as Music Director of The Royal Opera. Modern-day Rome provides the backdrop for Oliver Mears’ unmissable, gripping new production of Puccini’s thriller.