Tosca Premiere - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Tosca Premiere
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
based on the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou
In Italian with German surtitles
New production of the Theater an der Wien
Musical director Ingo Metzmacher
Staging by Martin Kušej
Stage Annette Murschetz
Costumes Su Sigmund
Light Reinhard Traub
Dramaturgy Regula Rapp
Floria Tosca Kristine Opolais
Mario Cavaradossi Jonathan Tetelman
Scarpia, police chief Gábor Bretz
Cesare Angelotti Ivan Zinoviev
Spoletta, police agent Andrew Morstein
Sciarrone / il sagrestano / un carceriere Rafał Pawnuk
Orchestra ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Choir Arnold Schoenberg Choir (conducted by Erwin Ortner)
Rome, 1800: Cesare Angelotti was able to escape from Castel Sant'Angelo, the notorious state prison, where he had to spend his days as a political prisoner. He takes refuge in the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, where he meets his friend, the painter Mario Cavaradossi. Suddenly his lover, opera singer Floria Tosca appears: She is suspicious because the church door was locked and jealous because Cavaradossi's Madonna painting looks very similar to a real lady. But Cavaradossi can defuse the situation. Tosca leaves. Angelotti and Cavaradossi forge escape plans alone again - a cannon shot signals that Angelotti's escape has been noticed. They both leave the church. While the choir is rehearsing, Police Chief Scarpia bursts in and has the church searched for the fugitive Angelotti. Tosca also comes to church again. Scarpia has been informed of the relationship between her and Cavaradossi and wants to make her jealous. He succeeds. Later he lures Tosca to the Palazzo Farnese, and the arrested Cavaradossi is also brought before him. Cavaradossi is said to be tortured until Tosca reveals Angelotti's hiding place, which she does and which angered Cavaradossi. Scarpia orders Cavaradossi to be shot, but if Tosca indulges him, he would release Cavaradossi. She agrees, and Scarpia promises that it will be a mock shooting. Tosca negotiates a letter of safe conduct from Scarpia so that she and Cavaradossi can leave Rome. While he is writing this letter, she stabs him. Then she cleans her hands, takes the letter from Scarpia's dead fingers, straightens her hair and leaves. In Castel Sant'Angelo, she reports to Cavaradossi that the shooting was only being faked and tells him what to do: After the first shot, fall to the ground and lie there. However, it is not a fake commando, Scarpia had given instructions to actually kill Cavaradossi. The police have now found Scarpia's body and are after Tosca. When she realizes that Cavaradossi is really dead, she storms to the top of the Castel Sant'Angelo and throws herself from there to her death.
Subject to changes.
based on the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou
In Italian with German surtitles
New production of the Theater an der Wien
Musical director Ingo Metzmacher
Staging by Martin Kušej
Stage Annette Murschetz
Costumes Su Sigmund
Light Reinhard Traub
Dramaturgy Regula Rapp
Floria Tosca Kristine Opolais
Mario Cavaradossi Jonathan Tetelman
Scarpia, police chief Gábor Bretz
Cesare Angelotti Ivan Zinoviev
Spoletta, police agent Andrew Morstein
Sciarrone / il sagrestano / un carceriere Rafał Pawnuk
Orchestra ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Choir Arnold Schoenberg Choir (conducted by Erwin Ortner)
Rome, 1800: Cesare Angelotti was able to escape from Castel Sant'Angelo, the notorious state prison, where he had to spend his days as a political prisoner. He takes refuge in the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, where he meets his friend, the painter Mario Cavaradossi. Suddenly his lover, opera singer Floria Tosca appears: She is suspicious because the church door was locked and jealous because Cavaradossi's Madonna painting looks very similar to a real lady. But Cavaradossi can defuse the situation. Tosca leaves. Angelotti and Cavaradossi forge escape plans alone again - a cannon shot signals that Angelotti's escape has been noticed. They both leave the church. While the choir is rehearsing, Police Chief Scarpia bursts in and has the church searched for the fugitive Angelotti. Tosca also comes to church again. Scarpia has been informed of the relationship between her and Cavaradossi and wants to make her jealous. He succeeds. Later he lures Tosca to the Palazzo Farnese, and the arrested Cavaradossi is also brought before him. Cavaradossi is said to be tortured until Tosca reveals Angelotti's hiding place, which she does and which angered Cavaradossi. Scarpia orders Cavaradossi to be shot, but if Tosca indulges him, he would release Cavaradossi. She agrees, and Scarpia promises that it will be a mock shooting. Tosca negotiates a letter of safe conduct from Scarpia so that she and Cavaradossi can leave Rome. While he is writing this letter, she stabs him. Then she cleans her hands, takes the letter from Scarpia's dead fingers, straightens her hair and leaves. In Castel Sant'Angelo, she reports to Cavaradossi that the shooting was only being faked and tells him what to do: After the first shot, fall to the ground and lie there. However, it is not a fake commando, Scarpia had given instructions to actually kill Cavaradossi. The police have now found Scarpia's body and are after Tosca. When she realizes that Cavaradossi is really dead, she storms to the top of the Castel Sant'Angelo and throws herself from there to her death.
Subject to changes.
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