Opera in three acts with music by Giacomo Puccini and Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Based on the dramatic work La Tosca, written by the French playwright Victorien Sardou, the opera was premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900. Crossed with topics such as passion, politics, violence, intrigue and religion, Tosca 's libretto focuses on the stormy love story between the impulsive singer Floria Tosca and the painter Mario Cavaradossi, an idealist who fights for his political convictions in the midst of an effervescent social environment. When the relationship between the two is threatened by the machinations of Scarpia, the infamous police chief – whose desires to possess the diva know no limits – it falls to the woman to confront authority, power and evil.
This title became the fifth opera completed by Puccini , and although it was initially questioned by critics of the time for aspects such as the crudeness and immorality of its plot, the expressiveness and melodic and dramatic richness of its music have made it one of the most iconic titles of Italian opera.
ARTISTIC INFORMATION
Musical direction: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Stage direction: Francisco Krebs
Set design and costumes: Pablo Núñez
Lighting: Ricardo Castro
CAST
FloriaTosca: Oksana Sekerina / Tasha Koontz*
Mario Cavaradossi: Tadeusz Szlenkier / Mario Chang*
Barón Scarpia: Daniel Scofield / Daniel Miroslaw*
Sacristan: Javier Weibel /Sergio Gallardo*
Cesare Angelotti: Francisco Salgado / Homero Pérez-Miranda*
Spoletta: Gonzalo Araya / David Rojas*
Sciarrone: Ismael Correa
DATES
Wednesday, August 14 – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 17 – 5:00 p.m.
Monday, August 19 – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 21 – 6:00 p.m.
Friday, August 23 – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 24 – 5:00 p.m.