The Royal Opera Screening - Tosca

Approximate runtime: 3h 15min / 195min, Two Intervals Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Cast:

Floria Tosca ALEKSANDRA KURZAK Mario Cavaradossi SAIMIR PIRGU Baron Scarpia CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN Spoletta ALED HALL Cesare Angelotti PAWE? HORODYSKI Sacristan JONATHAN LEMALU Sciarrone SAM HIRD

Creatives:

Music GIACOMO PUCCINI Conductor DANIEL OREN Director OLIVER MEARS Set Designer SIMON LIMA HOLDSWORTH Costume Designer ILONA KARAS Lighting Designer FABIANA PICCIOLI Movement Director ANNA MORRISSEY

Synopsis: 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 to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates, in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out? Oliver Mears’s acclaimed production returns, setting Puccini’s operatic thriller in a contemporary, war-torn Rome. Daniel Oren conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, who returns to the title role, joined by Saimir Pirgu as Cavaradossi and Christopher Maltman as Baron Scarpia.