Organization

Admin

Conductor

Peter Valentovic

Stage director

Anton Korenči

Set designer

Lucia Tallová

Dramaturge

Stanislav Trnovský

Costume designer

Boris Hanečka

Lighting designer

Róbert Farkas

Senior Executives

Igor Dohovič

Chorus master

Children Choir

Concert master

Peter Michalik

Inspector

Viera Hronská

Singer

Soprano

Karine Babajanyan

Floria Tosca

Tatiana Paľovčíková-Paládiová

Tenor

Michal Lehotský

Mario Cavaradossi

Jaroslav Dvorský

Peter Berger

Baritone

Marián Lukáč

Baron Scarpia

Marek Gurbal

Bass

Michal Onufer

Cesare Angelotti

Martin Kovács

Martin Gurbaľ

The sacristan

Maksym Kutsenko

Spoletta

Anton Baculík

László Havasi

Sciarrone

Eliška Weissová

Mihály Podkopájev

Štátne divadlo Košice

Others

Children´s Opera Studio of the NDKE Opera

Tosca

Košice

Slovakia

Národné Divadlo Košice (ex Štátne divadlo)

Historical building

Tosca Puccini

Public

Private

Approved

The story of the famous and fragile singer Toska, the passionate painter Cavaradossi and the sadistic police chief Scarpi, with the captivating melodies of Giacomo Puccini, who have become immortal.

When Giacomo Puccini first saw Victorien Sardou's play  La Tosca,  starring the world-famous French actress Sarah Bernhardt, in 1889, he immediately recognized a theme suitable for opera and asked his publisher, Ricordi ,  to obtain a draft law from the author. However, another 10 years passed before the score was completed and  Tosca  could be performed in Rome on January 14, 1900. 

Tosca  is a story of love, jealousy and passion, but also torture and murder. The critics of the time unanimously blamed this criminal political theme of abuse of power, which took place in Rome during the Napoleonic Wars in 1800, excessive naturalism, the pursuit of sensation and music that is painted too rough colors. However, after being staged at La Scale in Milan, just two months after its premiere in Rome, Tosca  embarked on her triumphant journey through the scenes of world opera houses and never disappeared from them. To this day, we are attracted by the story of the famous and fragile singer Toska, the passionate painter Cavaradossi and the sadistic police chief Scarpi, but also the captivating melodies of Giacomo Puccini, who have become immortal.

The director of the new production is Anton Korenči, the costumes were prepared by Boris Hanečka and the stage design by the artist Lucia Tallová. The main element of the scene is a monumental image of a dramatic black sky from the "Clouds" series, which Lucia Tallová created especially for the opera  Tosca  and the State Theater in Košice.

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Crew

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