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Into the romantic world of an idealistic painter Cavaradossi and his sensuous lover Tosca comes the malevolence of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police, with fatal results. Elena Stikina, Bryan Hymeland Alexey Markovbring to life one of the best loved operas in The Royal Opera repertory: Puccini’s Tosca. From the demonic chords with which it famously begins to the violent twist of the opera’s shock ending, the tension never lets up for a moment. Love and evil come –thrillingly –face to face in Jonathan Kent’s intense production.

Running time:3 hours and 25 minutes(including two intervals)

Language: Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Cast

Elena Stikina(Floria Tosca), Bryan Hymel(Mario Cavaradossi), Alexey Markov(BaronScarpia), Hubert Francis(Spoletta),Yuriy Yurchuk(Cesare Angelotti), Jeremy White(Sacristan),Jihoon Kim(Sciarrone)The Royal Opera ChorusOrchestra of the Royal Opera HouseCreditsMusic Giacomo PucciniLibretto Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi IllicaDirector Jonathan KentDesigner Paul BrownLighting designer Mark Henderson