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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.
Learn More. 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.
Oct 5, 2022 · Tosca, an opera singer herself, is often portrayed as a volcanic personality, a creature made for the stage whose feelings constantly threaten eruption. But Kurzak’s softly focused heroine was...
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 one of the most lethal of operas. None of the central characters makes it to the end alive, hero or villain. Unsurprisingly then, it's a thrilling melodrama often dismissed as one-dimensional and tawdry. However, you’d be foolish to go in with this attitude; Puccini takes an overtly theatrical tale and makes it astonishingly moving.
