Tosca at Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille
Dates: (9/17/2016 - 10/18/2016 )
Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille |
Place de la Bastille
Paris,Île-de-France 75009
Phone: +33 (0)1 71 25 24 23
Running Time: 2h45 with 2 intervals
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"These rivals of the Madonna have a whiff of sulphur about them."
Il Sagrestano, Acte I
How was it that when Sardou’s drama was transformed into an opera it became the very symbol of operatic art? Is it because Tosca portrays a singer whose jealousy has a fatal bearing on the destiny of her lover? Is it because Puccini’s music floods the play, highlighting the sensuality and the subtlety of its eponymous heroine? Or is it ultimately because, from the moment the curtain rises to the heroine’s final fall, Tosca advances towards the final tragedy with the relentless efficiency of a perfectly regulated machine? The remarkable theatrical director Pierre Audi treats Puccini’s opera to a production that reflects the dimensions of the score: a Pasolinian landscape overshadowed by a gigantic cross symbolising the collusion between those who oppress in the name of the church and their political counterparts. The work is performed by an impressive cast including Anja Harteros, Marcelo Álvarez and Bryn Terfel.
Cast and Creative team for Tosca at Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille
Music
Giacomo Puccini
Libretto
Giuseppe Giacosa
Luigi Illica
D'après Victorien Sardou, en langue italienne
Conductor
Dan Ettinger
Director
Pierre Audi
Floria Tosca
Anja Harteros
Liudmyla Monastyrska
Mario Cavaradossi
Marcelo Alvarez
Il Barone Scarpia
Bryn Terfel
Cesare Angelotti
Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Sergey Artamonov
Il Sagrestano
Jean-Philippe Lafont
Spoletta
Carlo Bosi
Sciarrone
André Heyboer
Un carceriere
Pierpaolo Palloni
Set design
Christof Hetzer
Costume design
Robby Duiveman
Lighting design
Jean Kalman
Dramaturgy
Klaus Bertisch
Chorus master
José Luis Basso
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