Description
Opera in 3 acts recorded at the Opéra Bastille:
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
2h30 - 1 interval
In Italian with French subtitles
musical director: Daniel Oren
Director: Pierre Audi
Cast
Floria Tosca: Martina Serafin
Mario Cavaradossi: Marcelo Alvarez
Baron Scarpia: Ludovic Tézier
Cesare Angelotti: Wojtek Smilek
Spoletta: Carlo Bosi
Synopsis
Tosca suspects that her lover Caravadossi is having an affair with another woman. In reality, the painter is hiding a fugitive prisoner from the clutches of the chief of police, Baron Scarpia. When Caravadossi's complicity is proven, Scarpia dares to blackmail Tosca to obtain her favours.
Presentation
Originally a play by Victorien Sardou, Tosca became one of Giacomo Puccini's most famous operas from its premiere in 1900, to the point of representing the very symbol of operatic art. At the height of his maturity, the composer delivered a masterly score in which tension was present from the very first chords. In his staging, dominated by a huge cross, Pierre Audi underlines the implacable hold of the Church which, through its complicity with the powers that be, crushes the fate of the characters. Opera in three acts, presented in Italian with French subtitles.




