Royal Opera House: Tosca

Directed by Jonathan Kent, Jonathan Haswell

Written by Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa

The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House were under the baton of Antonio Pappano, the Music Director of the Royal Opera House. The pageantry of church ritual, the darkness of a brooding study with its hidden torture chamber and the false optimism of the light of a Roman dawn - all throw into relief the love of the beautiful diva Tosca, the idealism of her lover Cavaradossi and the deadly, destructive obsession of the malevolent Chief of Police, Scarpia. Drama, passion and fabulous music.

Cast

Angela Gheorghiu

Floria Tosca

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Jonas Kaufmann

Mario Cavaradossi

Bryn Terfel

Baron Scarpia

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Lukas Jakobski

Cesare Angelotti

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Jeremy White

Sacristan

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Hubert Francis

Spoletta - A police agent

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Zhengzhong Zhou

Sciarrone - A police officer

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William Payne

Shepherd Boy

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John Morrissey

Gaoler

Antonio Pappano

Self - Conductor

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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Self - Orchestra

Giacomo Puccini

Self - Composer