The Royal Opera: Tosca 26/27

The Royal Opera

TOSCA [Revival]

LIVE: Wednesday 5th May 2027, 19:00 BST  

ENCORE: Sunday 9th May 2027, 14:00 BST

Approximate runtime: 3h 15min / 195min, Two Intervals

Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

 

Cast:  

Floria Tosca ALEKSANDRA KURZAK

Mario Cavaradossi SAIMIR PIRGU

Baron Scarpia CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN

Spoletta ALED HALL 

Cesare Angelotti PAWEŁ HORODYSKI

Sacristan JONATHAN LEMALU

Sciarrone SAM HIRD

Creatives: 

Music GIACOMO PUCCINI

Conductor DANIEL OREN

Director OLIVER MEARS

Set Designer SIMON LIMA HOLDSWORTH

Costume Designer ILONA KARAS

Lighting Designer FABIANA PICCIOLI

Movement Director ANNA MORRISSEY

Synopsis: 

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 Scarpia’s 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?

Oliver Mears’s acclaimed production returns, setting Puccini’s operatic thriller in a contemporary, war-torn Rome. Daniel Oren conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, who returns to the title role, joined by Saimir Pirgu as Cavaradossi and Christopher Maltman as Baron Scarpia.