La Scala

Tosca

In Cinemas 7, 8, 9 & 12 Feb 2020
Conductor
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Cast
Anna Netrebko (Tosca), Francesco Meli (Cavaradossi), Luca Salsi (Scarpia), Carlo Cigni (Angelotti), Alfonso Antoniozzi (Sagrestano), Carlo Bosi (Spoletta), Giulio Mastrototaro (Sciarrone), Ernesto Panariello (Carceriere), Gianluigi Sartori (Pastore)
Composer
Giacomo Puccini
Director
Davide Livermore
Set Design
Giò Forma
Duration
2h56 including interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Captured live from Teatro alla Scala, Milan 7 Dec 2019
Official Event Listing
  • Powerful. Anna Netrebko shines in the title role. Sparks flew between her and baritone Luca Salsi. Riccardo Chailly conducts a fine reading of the score. This is La Scala, firing on all cylinders.
    James Iman, FINANCIAL TIMES

Opera in three acts (1900)

New production! For the fifth consecutive year, Palace Opera Ballet will present La Scala’s season opening gala, the grandest night of the year in the world of opera, and one of Europe’s most anticipated annual cultural events.

For the occasion this year, Riccardo Chailly reteams with Davide Livermore and Giò Forma to sign a new staging of Puccini’s original version of Tosca. Anna Netrebko sings the title role as the glamourous singer Floria Tosca, who catches the eye of the corrupt police chief Baron Scarpia (Luca Salsi) as he plots to destroy her lover, Mario Cavaradossi (Francesco Meli), a politically rebellious painter.

 

La Scala

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