Tosca
Cast sheet
Sunday 8 December 2024
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2pm
Exceptional philanthropic support from Royal Opera House Principal Julia Rausing Trust
With the generous support of Aline Floriel-Destezet Season Principal
Generous philanthropic support from Aud Jebsen, Sandra and Anthony Gutman, Alan and Caroline Howard and Ms Shawn M Donnelley and Professor Christopher M Kelly
Production generously supported by Rolex
Approximate timings
Music
Giacomo Puccini
Libretto
Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
Conductor
Eun Sun Kim
Director
Jonathan Kent
Designer
Paul Brown
Lighting designer
Mark Henderson
Floria Tosca
Natalya Romaniw
replaces Sonya Yoncheva
Mario Cavaradossi
SeokJong Baek
Baron Scarpia
Gerald Finley
replaces Bryn Terfel
Spoletta
Aled Hall
Cesare Angelotti
Ossian Huskinson
Sacristan
Maurizio Muraro
Sciarrone
Jamie Woollard
Gaoler
John Morrissey
Young Shepherd
Holly Keefe
Actors
Harold Addo, Rain de Rye Barrett, Peter Benton, Barry Callan, Peter Cooney, Kris Dillon, Dana Myzer, Laurence Pasqualini, Jason Sabin, Daniel Swan
Chorus
Royal Opera Chorus
Chorus Director
William Spaulding
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Concert Master
Magnus Johnston
Sopranos
Janet Fairlie, Celeste Gattai, Shafali Jalota, Vanessa Woodfine
Mezzo-sopranos
Maria Brown, Siobhain Gibson, Clare McCaldin, Hyacinth Nicholls, Jennifer Westwood
Tenors
Russell Ablewhite, Simon Biazeck, Elliot Goldie, Richard Reaville, Henry Strutt
Basses
Oliver Gibbs, Gavin Horsley, Simon Preece
Children’s chorus
Trinity School
Musical Director of Trinity School
Nicholas Mulroy
Music preparation
Christopher Willis, Susanna Stranders, Mark Packwood, Nicholas Ansdell-Evans, José Salazar, Christopher Hopkins
Assistant Director
Alicia Frost
Language Coach
Alessandra Fasolo
Patron
HM The King
Music Director Designate
Jakub Hrůša
Director of Opera
Oliver Mears
Director of Casting
Peter Mario Katona
Administrative Director
Cormac Simms
Synopsis
Cesare Angelotti, a Consul of the former Roman Republic, has escaped prison and seeks refuge in the Church of Sant’...
ACT I
Cesare Angelotti, a Consul of the former Roman Republic, has escaped prison and seeks refuge in the Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle. The painter Mario Cavaradossi, a Republican sympathizer working in the church, promises to help him. Angelotti hides as Cavaradossi’s lover Floria Tosca arrives. The lovers’ meeting reveals Tosca’s passionate love and jealousy. When Tosca has gone, Cavaradossi instructs Angelotti to dress in the disguise left for him, and hide at Cavaradossi’s villa. Chief of Police Baron Scarpia arrives at the church. He suspects Cavaradossi of hiding Angelotti. When Tosca returns, Scarpia uses a fan left by Angelotti to make her believe that Cavaradossi is having an affair. Tosca leaves for Cavaradossi’s villa, and Scarpia instructs his assistant Spoletta to follow her and track down Angelotti.
INTERVAL
ACT II
Scarpia has arrested Cavaradossi. He summons Tosca to his apartment, and forces her to listen as Cavaradossi is tortured in the next room. Tosca reveals Angelotti’s hiding place. Scarpia condemns Cavaradossi to death but tells Tosca that he will free her lover if she will offer herself to him. In agony, Tosca agrees and Scarpia tells her he will arrange a mock execution. As Scarpia embraces Tosca, she fatally stabs him.
INTERVAL
ACT III
As dawn approaches, Cavaradossi waits for his execution at the top of the Castel Sant’Angelo. Tosca arrives and tells him what she has done. She instructs him on how to pretend to die in the mock execution. When the soldiers shoot, Tosca is impressed with her lover’s acting. But Scarpia has double-crossed her and Cavaradossi really is dead. As Spoletta’s men arrive to arrest her for Scarpia’s murder, she leaps from the battlements to her death.
Guidance
Language
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