Later the chief of police Baron Scarpia, baritone Stephen Gaertner, manipulates. Beider, Barbara Molotsky, and the Tucson Desert Song Festival. Unbeknownst to her, Mario is hiding the escaped political prisoner Cesare Angelotti, bass-baritone David Weigel. Production made possible, in part, through generous support from Marlys A. Part of the Arizona Opera Main Stage Series. When the revolutionary and painter Mario Cavaradossi secretly attempts to help a political fugitive to escape the city of Rome, his lover, the famed singer.
Performed in Italian with English supertitles Tucson – January 28 & 29, 2023 – The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall Ana Mara Martnez Floria Tosca Brian Jagde Mario Cavaradossi Quinn Kelsey Baron Scarpia Charlotte Blake Alston Narrator Alex Ramirez Shepherd Boy. Just as he slips behind the Attavanti chapel doors, a sacristan enters, followed by Mario Cavaradossi (kah-vah-rah-DOHSS-ee), a painter whos been working on a. She evades their clutches and mounts a parapet, where she then flings. Phoenix – January 20 - 22, 2023 – Symphony Hall In a shocking climax, Tosca is now pursued by the police after her murder of Scarpia. What will she choose, and who will survive? When Cavaradossi is captured, Scarpia offers Tosca a horrific bargain – she must give herself to Scarpia, or her lover is killed. He will manipulate Tosca into revealing the prisoner’s hiding place and Cavaradossi’s involvement, so he can have Tosca for himself. Tosca, opera in three acts by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at the Costanzi Theatre in Rome on January 14, 1900. But when her lover, Cavaradossi, is arrested by Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police, she finds herself. Scarpia has long lusted after Tosca, and when he suspects Cavaradossi of assisting an escaped political prisoner, he seizes the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. Opera singer Floria Tosca is used to being centre-stage. The plot centers around three main characters: Rome’s diva Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi, and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia. Tosca’s action takes place over a span of less than 24 hours during the Napoleonic wars and amidst great political unrest, making it one of the most dramatic thrill rides in opera. Thomas has a natural, easy feel for Puccini’s Italian musical stylings. A political thriller, set in Rome in June 1800, Tosca tells a story of passionate, yet tender love, jealousy, betrayal, lust, and self-sacrifice. The singers portraying these two roles, tenor Russell Thomas and soprano Michelle Bradley, are wonderfully well matched vocally and dramatically and they generate sparks in their romantic duets in the first and third acts.
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