Puccini: Tosca (Arena di Verona)

Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist has offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century. Critics, for their part, have often had problems with Tosca’s rather grungy subject matter, the directness and intensity of its score, and the crowd-pleasing dramatic opportunities it provides for its lead roles. But these same aspects have also made Tosca one of a handful of iconic works that seem to represent opera in the public imagination.

• Hugo De AnaDirector
• Loreena KaufmannDirector

• Fiorenza CedolinsFloria Tosca, a famous singer
• Marcelo ÁlvarezMario Cavaradossi
• Ruggero RaimondiIl barone Scarpia
• Marco SpottiCesare Angelotti
• Enrico FaciniSpoletta
• Fabio PreviatiThe sacristan
• Giuliano PelizonPolice officer
• Angelo NardinocchiA jailer
• Ottavia DorrucciA shepherd boy