Tosca

Synopsis

It is impossible to imagine today’s opera repertoire without Puccini’s Tosca, but rarely has an opera been so brutal: Murder, torture and love, jealousy and passion – everything is present in abundance. When it was written in 1900, this thriller set to music caused considerable controversy due to the political figureheads involved. Only much later the story about the deeply religious Tosca, the passionate Cavaradossi and the sadistic Scarpia was interpreted as the psychological drama it was meant to be. The drama on stage is accompanied from the orchestra pit by Marc Albrecht conducting the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra by pointed sketches of the characters, but also – as typical for Puccini – by lyrical turns and beautiful melodies that make this opera shocker unique. Next to Kristīne Opolais sings the “discovery of the evening […] the young tenor Jonathan Tetelman […] A radiant and metallic tenor with a terrific penetrating power”(klassik-begeistert.de)

Additional Info

• No: A04050211
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Conductor: Marc Albrecht
• Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
• Artists: Kristīne Opolais, Jonathan Tetelman, Gábor Bretz, Arnold Schoenberg Chor
• Production year: 2022
• Run time: 02:03:00
• Director: Stage Director: Martin Kušej
• Producers: UNITEL, ORF, Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, Theater an der Wien
• Format: 4K