Opera in Cinema at the Bijou to Present TOSCA from Opera de Paris

The Bijou Theatre presents Tosca from Opera de Paris, as a part of their Opera in Cinema Series playing on Monday, March 23rd at 6:00pm. Discussion of the Opera starts at 5:30pm. Tickets are $20 for general admission seating.

A singer in love, passionate, jealous and impulsive; a romantic painter, an idealist and a defender of liberty; a police chief with a lust for flesh, power and blood, ready to do anything to achieve his ends. Puccini artfully combines the ingredients of a melodrama written for Sarah Bernhardt and comes up with what might be called the opera of operas, a spectacle at once primitive and decadent. In a mythical yet real Rome, from the shadows of the church of Sant' Andrea della Valle to the terrace of Castello Sant' Angelo, passions collide and tear all apart, mingling the erotic with the sacred, love with possession, theatre with life. Nothing is what it seems in Tosca: beautiful women who come to pray are conspirators, defeats are victories and mock executions are real. A spectacular work which captures the essence of opera as few others do.

A singer in love, passionate, jealous and impulsive; a romantic painter, an idealist and a defender of liberty; a police chief with a lust for flesh, power and blood, ready to do anything to achieve his ends. Puccini artfully combines the ingredients of a melodrama written for Sarah Bernhardt and comes up with what might be called the opera of operas, a spectacle at once primitive and decadent. In a mythical yet real Rome, from the shadows of the church of Sant' Andrea della Valle to the terrace of Castello Sant' Angelo, passions collide and tear all apart, mingling the erotic with the sacred, love with possession, theatre with life. Nothing is what it seems in Tosca: beautiful women who come to pray are conspirators, defeats are victories and mock executions are real. A spectacular work which captures the essence of opera as few others do.

Conductor - Daniel Oren, Director - Pierre Audi, Starring - Martina Serafin | Marcelo Àlvarez | Ludovic Tézier

Number of acts: 3 Acts, Date of performance - October 16, 2014 at 7:30 Paris time

Sung in Italian

Discussion with Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, Chair of the Music Department, University of Bridgeport begins at 5:30pm; Opera begins at 6:00pm.