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Tosca
Opéra Bastille - from 04 to 25 June 2021
Tosca
Opera Giacomo Puccini
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Opéra Bastille - from 04 to 25 June 2021
2h55 with 2 intervals
Language : Italian
Surtitle : French / English
About
In few words:
Based on the eponymous play by Victorien Sardou, Puccini’s opera brings together all the elements of a melodrama: love, politics, violence and religion. Set against the backdrop of the struggle for Italian independence, Tosca is a tragic tale of thwarted love between a passionate, jealous and impulsive singer and a romantic, idealistic painter who champions civil liberties. In a period unsettled by the Battle of Marengo, which pits Napoléon Bonaparte’s French republican army against the Imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire, the terrible and manipulative chief of police Scarpia bargains with the singer: In exchange for spending one night alone with him, he will free her lover Mario. In order to escape his grasp, she murders him. However he will exact his revenge from beyond the grave. In a landscape reminiscent of Pasolini, the crushing shadow of a cross hovers above everyone, representing colluding political and religious oppression. Through the ubiquitous presence of religious references in both private and public spaces alike, director Pierre Audi’s interpretation skilfully sets out the dramatic lines of the narrative.
- Opening
- First part 50 mn
- Intermission 25 mn
- Second part 45 mn
- Intermission 30 mn
- Third part 30 mn
- End
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Tosca
Melodramma in three acts (1900)
After Victorien Sardou
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Music :
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Libretto :
Giuseppe Giacosa
Luigi Illica - D'après Victorien Sardou
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Conductor :
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Director :
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Set design :
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Costume design :
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Lighting design :
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Dramaturgy :
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Chorus master :
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Floria Tosca :
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Mario Cavaradossi :
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Il Barone Scarpia :
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Cesare Angelotti :
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Il Sagrestano :
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Frédéric Caton
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Spoletta :
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Sciarrone :
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Un carceriere :
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Tosca (saison 20/21) - Acte 2 (Ludovic Tézier et Maria Agresta)
Tosca (saison 20/21) - Acte 3 (Michael Fabiano)
Tosca (saison 20/21) - Maria Agresta (Floria Tosca)
Tosca (saison 18.19) - Acte I - Zeljko Lucic Et Choeurs
About the work
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Podcast Tosca
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Tosca’s Cross
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An analysis of Tosca
By Simon Hatab
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Draw-me Tosca
By Octave
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