Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (6:30 PM local time)
Expected Running time: 3 hours, 35 minutes. 2 intermissions
The Ultimate Stage Spectacle – An encore performance of The Met: Live in HD will be shown in select theatres on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 6:30 PM in all time zones. Please note: not all theatres showing the live transmission will present an encore showing.
“Tosca combines Puccini’s glorious musical inspiration with the melodramatic vitality of one of the great Hitchcock films,” says Met Music Director James Levine, who conducts this new production. The opera tells the story of three people—a famous opera singer, a free-thinking painter, and a sadistic chief of police—caught in a net of love and politics. Soprano Karita Mattila, recently seen in this season’s Live in HD presentation of Salome, sings the title role for the first time outside her native Finland. Luc Bondy, acclaimed for his imaginative theater and opera productions, directs. The cast also includes Marcelo Álvarez as Cavaradossi and Juha Uusitalo as Scarpia.
Click here for complete information about The Met: Live in HD series, including ticketing.
Casting subject to change.
Running time is approximate.
