Name: Tosca
Start: 2017-10-15
End: 2017-10-15
Location: Benedum Center

Organization

Pittsburgh Opera

Conductor

Antony Walker

Stage director

Garnett Bruce

Set designer

Ercole Sormani

Lighting designer

Andrew Ostrowski

Wig & Makeup Designer

James Geier

Chorus master

Mark Trawka

Assistant Stage Director

Frances Rabalais

Assistant Lighting Designer

Todd Nonn

Singer

Soprano

Leah Crocetto

Floria Tosca

Baritone

Mark Delavan

Baron Scarpia

Tenor

Thiago Arancam

Mario Cavaradossi

Bass

Andy Berry

Cesare Angelotti

A jailer

Eric Ferring

Spoletta

Matthew Scollin

The sacristan

Benjamin Taylor

Sciarrone

Child vocalist

Ashley Fabian

A shepherd

Tosca

Pittsburgh

United States

Benedum Center

Public

Approved

Tosca Puccini

Evil Baron Scarpia (Mark Delavan) sings of his obsession for opera star Floria Tosca while around him the church is conducting a Te Deum service. 

Features the Pittsburgh Opera Chorus and members of the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus. 

Recorded at Pittsburgh Opera's final dress rehearsal on Oct. 5, 2017 at the Benedum Center, downtown Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Opera: Tosca "Te Deum (excerpt)

Set in Rome, and taking place over the course of 24 hours in June of 1800, Puccini’s Tosca is the ultimate in opera melodrama.

Tosca combines political intrigue, love, loyalty, betrayal and murder with powerful music to create an unforgettably operatic experience.

We are thrilled to present Leah Crocetto in the title role of Tosca. Perennial favorite Mark Delavan sings the role of Scarpia, one of the great villains not just in opera, but in the canon of Western storytelling. Tenor Thiago Arancam returns to Pittsburgh Opera after his sizzling debut in March as Prince Calaf in Puccini’s Turandot.

Police chief Scarpia is hunting escaped political prisoner Cesare Angelotti. Angelotti is aided by artist Mario Cavaradossi, who is dating beautiful opera star Floria Tosca. Scarpia imprisons and tortures Cavaradossi to force Tosca to reveal Angelotti’s hiding place, and has even more sadistic intentions as well. Will Tosca submit? Will Scarpia keep his end of the bargain? See for yourself why Tosca is one of the most powerful operas ever written.

English

Tosca by Puccini, Sun 15 Oct 2017, From (2017/2017), Directed by Garnett Bruce,, Conductor Antony Walker, Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, United States

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