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Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou 's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples 's ...
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- 14 January 1900, Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Tosca, opera in three acts by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at the Costanzi Theatre in Rome on January 14, 1900. Based on French playwright Victorien Sardou’s popular play La Tosca (1887), the opera is about political.
Overview. Three thrilling leading ladies trade off as the volatile diva Floria Tosca. First, soprano Aleksandra Kurzak reprises her riveting portrayal of the title role, starring alongside tenor SeokJong Baek as her revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and baritone George Gagnidze as the sadistic chief of police Scarpia.
The Complete Operas Of Puccini, Charles Osborne. A guide to Giacomo Puccini's incredible opera Tosca. Including Synopsis, Music & Arias, Fun Facts, Running Time and much more!
Tosca was Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi’s most frequently sung role at the Met, where she was idolized by Met audiences for nearly two decades following her 1955 debut. Here, she sings Tosca on Opening Night of the 1958 season, with bass-baritone George London as Scarpia. Photo: Louis Mélançon.
Tosca is a roller coaster story of love, lust, murder and political intrigue. With Puccini ‘s richly romantic score, it is one of the world’s most loved operas. A tragic story of passion and jealousy, it tells the story of the tempestuous opera singer Floria Tosca, as she fights to save her lover Cavaradossi from the sadistic police chief Scarpia.
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