Encore broadcast live via satellite on Sunday 5th October at 2pm.
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpiaโs twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?
A star-studded cast includes soprano Anna Netrebko performing the role of Tosca, tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley as Scarpia, with Music Director of The Royal Opera Jakub Hrลฏลกa conducting his first new production in the role. An alternative, modern-day Rome provides the backdrop for Oliver Mearsโ unmissable, gripping new production of Pucciniโs thriller.
Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Approximately 210 minutes including two intervals.
