The painter Cavaradossi aids Angelotti, who is on the run for political offences. Police chief Scarpia covets the artist’s capricious lover, the singer Tosca. He makes use of her jealousy and her fondness for histrionics to his own ends in order to possess her, while at the same time getting rid of his rival Cavaradossi and his political enemy Angelotti. A diabolical game begins in which Tosca belatedly realises that Scarpia has managed to deceive her. She betrays Angelotti, who kills himself. Scarpia promises that the execution of Angelotti’s accomplice, Cavaradossi, will be staged. When she learns his price – herself – Tosca stabs the police chief. The supposedly mock execution proves to be real, whereupon Tosca leaps to her death.
Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. Performed in Italien with German surtitles.
Running time 2 hours 45 minutes
Premiere 31 Jan 2009
Musical Director: Nicola Luisotti
Staging: Johannes Schaaf
Set Design: Christof Cremer
Costume Design: Petra Reinhardt
Lighting Design: Guido Petzold
Choir: Christof Bauer
Dramaturgy: Ilsedore Reinsberg
Floria Tosca: Oksana Dyka
Mario Cavaradossi: Yonghoon Lee
Baron Scarpia: Marco Vratogna
Cesare Angelotti: Tomislav Lucic
Der Mesner: Enzo Capuano
Spoletta: Tom Martinsen
Sciarrone: Peter Lobert
Ein Schließer: Jürgen Commichau
Dresdner Kreuzchor
State Opera Choir
Children's choir of the Saxon State Opera Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden
With generous support of the Foundation for Support of the Semperoper
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