Royal Opera House: Tosca
The painter Mario Cavaradossi helps a fugitive escape – and so attracts the attention of Scarpia, the sadistic Chief of Police. Scarpia captures Cavaradossi and has him tortured within earshot of his lover, the singer Tosca. Scarpia sentences Cavaradossi to death – but promises Tosca that her lover can be saved if she gives herself to Scarpia. Tosca consents but as soon as the order has been given kills Scarpia. Scarpia’s menace continues even in death: betrayed by a double-cross, Cavaradossi dies and Tosca leaps to her death.
Cast
Dan Ettinger
as Conductor
Adrianne Pieczonka
as Floria Tosca
Joseph Calleja
as Mario Cavaradossi
Gerald Finley
as Baron Scarpia
Aled Hall
as Spoletta
Simon Shibambu
as Cesare Angelotti
Jeremy White
as Sacristan
Jihoon Kim
as Sciarrone
Sergey Levitin
as Concert Master
