Name: Tosca
Start: 2022-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Sänger

Sopran

Liudmyla Monastyrska

Floria Tosca

Bariton

Patrick Carfizzi

Der Mesner

Lichtgestaltung

David Finn

Kostümbild

John Macfarlane

Bühnenbild

Regie

David McVicar

Dirigat

Carlo Rizzi

Aleksandra Kurzak

Domingo Hindoyan

Choreographie

Leah Hausman

Angela Gheorghiu

Tenor

Michael Fabiano

Mario Cavaradossi

Roberto Alagna

Željko Lučić

Baron Scarpia

Luca Salsi

George Gagnidze

Matthew Polenzani

Bass

Kevin Short

Cesare Angelotti

Rodell Rosel

Spoletta

Brenton Ryan

Christopher Job

Sciarrone

Paul Corona

Ein Kerkermeister

The Metropolitan Opera

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italienisch

Tosca

New York City

Vereinigte Staaten

Metropolitan Opera House

Tosca Puccini

Public

Englisch

Deutsch

Spanisch

Genehmigt

Accordionist

Instrument

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Andere

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Chor

Chordirektion

Chorus Director

Dramaturgie

Extra

GesangslehrerIn

Haar

Illustrator

Komposition

Korrepetition

Lehrer

Leitender Produzent

Libretto

Maske

Orchester

Orchestra Operations

Photographer

Poet

Rundfunk

Schauspiel

Stage Manager

Tongestaltung

Tänzer

Videogestaltung

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Übersetzung

Bass-Bariton

Countertenor

Mezzosopran

Alto

Continuo

Kinderstimme

Singer

Sprechrolle

Stumme Rolle

Tosca: Trailer

One of today’s fastest rising talents, tenor Brian Jagde stars as Cavaradossi in this month’s revival of Puccini’s Tosca, starring opposite soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role. In this clip from the final dress rehearsal, see him sing the ardent Act III aria “E lucevan le stelle,” with Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin on the podium for David McVicar’s thrilling production
On stage beginning this Thursday, December 2: bit.ly/3ggoqDu
Videography by Pete Scalzitti

Puccini's Tosca: "And the stars were shining"

Sparks are sure to fly as some of opera’s most electrifying artists light up Puccini’s classic thriller. Sopranos Aleksandra Kurzak, Angela Gheorghiu, and Hibla Gerzmava take on the title role of the desperate diva, opposite tenors Michael Fabiano, Roberto Alagna, and Yusif Eyvazov as the ardent painter-revolutionary Cavaradossi. Baritone John Lundgren makes his Met debut as the merciless Baron Scarpia, sharing the role with James Morris and Željko Lučić, who reprises his acclaimed portrayal. Carlo Rizzi and Domingo Hindoyan take the podium for David McVicar’s spectacular production.

World premiere: Teatro Costanzi, Rome, 1900. 
Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist has offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century. Critics, for their part, have often had problems with Tosca’s rather grungy subject matter, the directness and intensity of its score, and the crowd-pleasing dramatic opportunities it provides for its lead roles. But these same aspects have made Tosca one of a handful of iconic works that seem to represent opera in the public imagination. Tosca’s popularity is further secured by a superb and exhilarating dramatic sweep, a driving score of abundant melody and theatrical shrewdness, and a career-defining title role.

Creators
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) was immensely popular in his own lifetime, and his mature works remain staples in the repertory of most of the world’s opera companies. His operas are celebrated for their mastery of detail, sensitivity to everyday subjects, copious melody, and economy of expression. Puccini’s librettists for Tosca, Giuseppe Giacosa (1847–1906) and Luigi Illica (1857–1919), also collaborated with him on his two other most enduringly successful operas, La Bohème and Madama Butterfly. Giacosa, a dramatist, was responsible for the stories, and Illica, a poet, worked primarily on the words themselves.

Setting
No opera is more tied to its setting than Tosca, which takes place in Rome on the morning of June 17, 1800, through dawn the following day. The specified settings for each of the three acts—the Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, Palazzo Farnese, and Castel Sant’Angelo—are familiar monuments in the city and can still be visited today. While the libretto takes some liberties with the facts, historical issues form a basis for the opera: The people of Rome are awaiting news of the Battle of Marengo in northern Italy, which will decide the fate of their symbolically powerful city.

Music
The score of Tosca (if not the drama) itself is considered a prime example of the style of verismo, an elusive term usually translated as “realism.” The typical musical features of the verismo tradition are prominent in Tosca: short arias with an uninhibited flood of raw melody, ambient sounds that blur the distinctions between life and art, and the use of parlato—words spoken instead of sung—at moments of tension.

English

Tosca by Puccini, Do. 27 Okt. 2022, Ab (2022/2023), Unter der Regie von David McVicar,, Dirigat Carlo Rizzi, Domingo Hindoyan, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Vereinigte Staaten

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