Name: Tosca
Start: 2017-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Organization

Dirigat

Simon Rattle

Sänger

Sopran

Kristīne Opolais

Floria Tosca

Tenor

Marcelo Álvarez

Mario Cavaradossi

Bariton

Marco Vratogna

Baron Scarpia

Bass

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Cesare Angelotti

Peter Tantsits

Spoletta

Douglas Williams

Sciarrone

Peter Rose

Der Mesner

Walter Fink

Ein Kerkermeister

Chordirektion

Walter Zeh

Regie

Philipp Himmelmann

Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

Others

Philharmonia Chorus

Tosca

Baden-Baden

Deutschland

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

In Puccini’s Tosca, moments of love and intimacy alternate with jealousy, hatred and sadistic brutality at a breathtaking pace. Puccini characterises this wide range of emotions with a musical language that is both beautiful and has psychological depth. In 2017, Simon Rattle conducted the work to great applause at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden. The principal roles were sung by Kristine Opolais, Marcelo Álvarez and Marco Vratogna.

Tosca Puccini

Public

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

Bühnenbild

Chor

Choreographie

Chorus Director

Dramaturgie

Extra

GesangslehrerIn

Haar

Illustrator

Komposition

Korrepetition

Kostümbild

Lehrer

Leitender Produzent

Libretto

Lichtgestaltung

Maske

Orchester

Orchestra Operations

Photographer

Poet

Rundfunk

Schauspiel

Stage Manager

Tongestaltung

Tänzer

Videogestaltung

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Übersetzung

Mezzosopran

Bass-Bariton

Countertenor

Alto

Continuo

Kinderstimme

Sprechrolle

Stumme Rolle

Until recently, the operas of Giacomo Puccini were among the very few areas of the musical world map unexplored by Sir Simon Rattle. That changed in 2014 with the acclaimed production of Manon Lescaut at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden. And now, in the same place three years later, there is a staging of Tosca, one of the most exciting opera thrillers of the repertoire. At the same time, this premiere ties in with the great Puccini tradition of the Berliner Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan.

The composer, and especially his Tosca, are sometimes associated with the style of verismo. Although as in all great works of art, the actual “truth” is of a more poetic nature, the composer and his librettist portray an amazing closeness to reality with this musical drama: not only because the profession of opera singer Floria Tosca is identical to her interpreters and each of the three acts takes place in real location in Rome, but also because the events play out with chamber play-like intensity against a geopolitical backdrop. In particular police chief Scarpia – together with Verdi’s Iago and Wagner’s Hagen, one of the darkest villains in opera history – who wreaks bloody revenge on the partisans of Napoleon and the Roman Republic on behalf of the restorative forces. These include the painter Cavaradossi, Tosca’s lover, who helps hide the deposed and persecuted consul Angelotti. In Puccini’s brilliant score, brutality, torture, murder and execution contrast with moments of unearthly beauty such as Tosca’s hymn to art and love (“Vissi d’arte”) and Cavaradossi’s farewell aria “E lucevan le stelle”. The vocal ensemble is headed by the Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais, currently one of the most successful performers of the Italian repertoire.

English

Tosca by Puccini, Mo. 17 Apr. 2017, Ab (2017/2017), Unter der Regie von Philipp Himmelmann,, Dirigat Simon Rattle, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Deutschland

Aufführungskredite (Besetzung & Produktionsteam )

Besetzung

Produktionsteam

Ensemble

Programm, Info & Synopsis

Fotos

Weiterführende Literatur

Aufführungstermine & Spielstätten

Veranstaltungsorte