Oct. 18 – “Tosca” is the most dramatic, discussed and beloved opera by Giacomo Puccini. It was first performed in Rome at the Teatro Costanzi on 14 January 1900. Today – after more than a hundred years – the opera continues to fascinate and captivate audiences worldwide thanks to its superb arias ” Vissi d’arte” and “E lucevan le stelle.” The opera will soon bewitch a different type of audience thanks to dedicated screenings in 120 Italian cinemas. On Tuesday 12 November at 7:30pm, the “Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini will be projected live via satellite, in HD, from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The Italian public will thus rediscover Puccini’s masterpiece, sung in Italian. Conducted by Riccardo Frizza, directed by Luc Bondy and set design by Richard Peduzzi, the “Tosca” sees Patricia Racette , Roberto Alagna and George Gagnidze as main cast members. The melodrama in three acts is set in 1800 Rome after the collapse of the Roman Republic; the Papal States is capturing the representatives and supporters of the Republic and painter Mario Cavaradossi and his lover, Tosca, come across Cesare Angelotti, a patriot who escaped from the papal prisons. On his trail there is the head of the papal police, Baron Scarpia, who, in love with Tosca, take advantage of the situation to win the woman over. ” Tosca ” is the second opera to be screened by the “La Grande Stagione Live 2013/2014 ” by Microcinema, which in October made its debut with “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky. The project will continue offering until May some of the most famous works performed by major international artists, bringing the public closer to opera, and contributing to the spread of the heritage of the Italian and international opera tradition.
Puccini’s “Tosca ” live from the Met in Italian cinemas
