The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca (2018)
Overview
Sir David McVicar’s bold new staging of Tosca, Puccini’s operatic thriller of Napoleonic Rome, thrilled Met audiences when it rang in the New Year in 2018. Only weeks later, the production was seen by opera lovers worldwide as part of the Met’s Live in HD series of cinema presentations. In this performance, Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva is the passionate title diva, opposite charismatic tenor Vittorio Grigolo as her lover, the idealistic painter Mario Cavaradossi. Baritone Željko Lučić is the menacing Baron Scarpia, the evil chief of police who employs brutal tactics to ensnare both criminals and sexual conquests. On the podium, Emmanuel Villaume conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies.
What is The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca about?
Sir David McVicar’s bold new staging of Tosca, Puccini’s operatic thriller of Napoleonic Rome, thrilled Met audiences when it rang in the New Year in 2018. Only weeks later, the production was seen by opera lovers worldwide as part of the Met’s Live in HD series of cinema presentations. In this performance, Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva is the passionate title diva, opposite charismatic tenor Vittorio Grigolo as her lover, the idealistic painter Mario Cavaradossi. Baritone Željko Lučić is the menacing Baron Scarpia, the evil chief of police who employs brutal tactics to ensnare both criminals and sexual conquests. On the podium, Emmanuel Villaume conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies. The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca is a Drama, Music movie, released on 2018-01-27, runtime 141 minutes.
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Directed by
Gary Halvorson, David McVicar
Cast
- Sonya Yoncheva as Floria Tosca
- Vittorio Grigolo as Mario Cavaradossi
- Željko Lučić as Baron Scarpia
- Brenton Ryan as Spoletta
- Christian Zaremba as Cesare Angelotti
- Isabel Leonard as Self - Host
- Christopher Job as Sciarrone
- Patrick Carfizzi as A Sacristan
- Davida Dayle as A Shepherd Boy
- Richard Bernstein as A Jailer
- Stéphane Varnier as Papal Gentleman
- MET Orchestra
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