Royal Opera House: Tosca
Overview
The painter Mario Cavaradossi helps a fugitive escape – and so attracts the attention of Scarpia, the sadistic Chief of Police. Scarpia captures Cavaradossi and has him tortured within earshot of his lover, the singer Tosca. Scarpia sentences Cavaradossi to death – but promises Tosca that her lover can be saved if she gives herself to Scarpia. Tosca consents but as soon as the order has been given kills Scarpia. Scarpia’s menace continues even in death: betrayed by a double-cross, Cavaradossi dies and Tosca leaps to her death.
Director
Jonathan Kent
Top Cast
Dan Ettinger
Conductor
Adrianne Pieczonka
Floria Tosca
Joseph Calleja
Mario Cavaradossi
Gerald Finley
Baron Scarpia
Aled Hall
Spoletta
Simon Shibambu
Cesare Angelotti
Jeremy White
Sacristan
Jihoon Kim
Sciarrone
Sergey Levitin
Concert Master
