Met Opera
David McVicar’s thrilling production also features tenor Freddie De Tommaso in his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and powerhouse baritone Quinn Kelsey as the sadistic chief of police Scarpia.
Maestro Xian Zhang conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies. No opera is more tied to its setting than ‘Tosca’, which takes place in Rome on the morning of 17 June 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.
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles.
210m inc 2 intervals
Tickets £21
