Name: Tosca
Start: 2024-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Macedonian Opera and Ballet

Organization

Admin

Republic of North Macedonia National Opera and Ballet

Conductor

Paolo Bressan

Stage director

Ognyan Draganov

Set designer

Zoran Nikolovski

Costume designer

Marija Pupuchevska

Assistant Conductor

Katerina Stojkovska

Assistant Stage Director

Trajko Jordanovski

Chorus master

Djurdjica Dasikj

Jasmina Gjorgjeska

Repetiteur

Elena Siljanovska

Janinka Nevceva

Andreja Naunov

Jordan Petrushevski

Concert master

Jane Bakevski

Orchestra

Macedonian National Opera Orchestra

Others

Macedonian National Opera Chorus

Ballet

Macedonian National Opera Ballet

Soprano

Vesna Gjinovska-Ilkova

Floria Tosca

Tenor

Nikola Kitanovski

Mario Cavaradossi

Baritone

Lucian Petrean

Baron Scarpia

Bass

Vladimir Sazdovski

Cesare Angelotti

Neven Siljanovski

The sacristan

Jane Dunimagloski

Spoletta

Tihomir Jakimovski

Sciarrone

Dimitar Kozhuharov

A jailer

Child vocalist

Desanka Gligorijevikj

A shepherd

Tosca

Skopje

Macedonia

Macedonian Opera and Ballet

Tosca Puccini

Public

Matias Vergara Moyano

Approved

Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
23.5.2024, 20:00

Conductor: Paolo Bressan (Italy)
Director: Ognyan Draganov (Bulgaria)
Set design: Zoran Nikolovski
Costume designer: Marija Pupuchevska
Assistant Conductor: Katerina Stojkovska
Ass. Director: Trajko Jordanovski
Concert Master: Jane Bakevski
Choir Master: Djurdjica Dasikj, Jasmina Gjorgjeska
Piano Accompanists : Elena Siljanovska, Janinka Nevceva, Andreja Naunov, Jordan Petrushevski
Stage managers: Ljupcho Polizov, Dragan Kostadinovikj, Marko Pavlevski
Prompter: Nevena Georgieva

CAST:

Tosca: Vesna Gjinovska Ilkova
Mario Cavaradossi: Nikola Kitanovski (Serbia)
Baron Scarpia: Lucian Petrean (Romania)
Cesare Angelotti: Vladimir Sazdovski
A Sacristan: Neven Siljanovski
Spoletta: Jane Dunimagloski
Sciarrone: Tihomir Jakimovski
A Jailer: Dimitar Kozhuharov
A Shepherd boy: Desanka Gligorijevikj
A judge: Miroslav Antovski

 

The choir and orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet 

 

Synopsis

The artist Mario Cavaradossi assist his friend, the escaped rebel, the republican Angelotti, by hiding him in the church where he is painting. The chief of police and the agents are on his trail. Scarpia uses promises and threats on Tosca, the beautiful singer and Cavaradossi lover, to say where Angelotti is. Cavaradossi is arrested and sentenced to death. Tosca ‘s beg for mercy is relentless. The nsounds of her lover being tortured drive Tosca to beg to know the price of his release. Scarpia will not accept any bribe but Tosca herself. She agrees to betray Angelotti if she and her lover are given documents to escape. Tosca and Scarpia have agreed to stage an execution. Scarpia expresses his love for Tosca, who rejects  and stabs him to beath . She tells Cavaradossi that the execution will be false , but Scarpia went back on his word prior his death , Tosca triesto wake him up , but it is all in vainShince the police is after her , because she has murdered Scarpia, she decides  to commit suicide by trowing herself over escarpment into the river of Tiber.

English

Tosca by Puccini, Thu 23 May 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Ognyan Draganov,, Conductor Paolo Bressan, Macedonian Opera and Ballet, Skopje, Macedonia

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