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Melodramma in three acts by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica from the play of Victorien Sardou Musical direction by Daniel Oren Stage direction by Pierre Audi
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. Pierre Audi signs a new production of this violent and passionate work for the Paris Opera.
Martina Serafin : Floria Tosca; Marcelo Alvarez : Mario Cavaradossi ; Ludovic Tézier : Scarpia ; Wojtek Smilek : Cesare Angelotti ; Carlo Bosi : Spoletta ; André Heyboer : Sciarrone ; Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Maîtrise des Hauts-De-Seine / Paris Opera children’s Chorus
Conductor: Daniel Oren | Stage director: Pierre Audi | Sets: Christof Hetzer | Costumes: Robby Duiveman | Lighting: Jean Kalman | Dramaturgy: Klaus Bertisch | Choruses master: José Luis Basso
Italian
Production compagny : Act4 Productions
Coproduction compagny : Opéra national de Paris, with the participation of France Télévisions
Running Time : 1x125'
Production Year : 2014
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution
Video Format : HDCAM