Floria Tosca
Eleonora Buratto
Mario Cavaradossi
Adam Smith
The Baron Scarpia
Ludovic Tézier
Cesare Angelotti
Luciano Leoni
The Sacristan
Claudio Ottino
Spoletta
Orlando Polidoro
Sciarrone
Omar Cepparolli
A prison guard
Matteo Mollica
Floria Tosca
Sonya Yoncheva
Mario Cavaradossi
Vittorio Grigolo
The Baron Scarpia
Gevorg Hakobyan
Cesare Angelotti
Luciano Leoni
The Sacristan
Claudio Ottino
Spoletta
Orlando Polidoro
Sciarrone
Omar Cepparolli
A prison guard
Matteo Mollica
Floria Tosca
Sonya Yoncheva
Mario Cavaradossi
Yusif Eyvazov
The Baron Scarpia
Luca Salsi
Cesare Angelotti
Luciano Leoni
The Sacristan
Claudio Ottino
Spoletta
Orlando Polidoro
Sciarrone
Omar Cepparolli
A prison guard
Matteo Mollica
Floria Tosca
Chiara Isotton
Mario Cavaradossi
Francesco Meli
The Baron Scarpia
Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar
Cesare Angelotti
Luciano Leoni
The Sacristan
Claudio Ottino
Spoletta
Orlando Polidoro
Sciarrone
Omar Cepparolli
A prison guard
Matteo Mollica
Melodrama in three acts
Libretto by
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
based on the play of the same name by Victorien Sardou
Music by
Giacomo Puccini
First performance Rome, Teatro Costanzi, 14 January 1900
Principal Conductor
Carlo Montanaro
Directed by Maria Todaro
Set design by Carlo Centolavigna
Lighting design by Valerio Alfieri
Orchestra, Choir and Children’s Choir of the Puccini Festival
Choirmaster: Marco Faelli
Children’s Choir Director: Sonia Franzese
Act I: The opera opens in the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, where the painter Mario Cavaradossi is working on a fresco. He meets Floria Tosca, his lover, and the two exchange sweet words of love. However, Baron Scarpia, the police chief, is in love with Tosca and plots to separate her from Mario. Scarpia discovers that Mario is hiding a political prisoner, Cesare Angelotti, and decides to use Tosca to capture him.
Act II: In his house, Scarpia interrogates Mario and tries to extort information from him about Angelotti. Tosca arrives and, having discovered Scarpia’s plan, finds herself in a desperate situation. Scarpia offers Tosca Mario’s freedom in exchange for his submission. In the end, Tosca, in a moment of determination, kills Scarpia to save her beloved.
Act III: Mario has been captured and condemned to death. Tosca, having obtained a safe-conduct from Scarpia, runs to him to warn him. However, she discovers that Mario’s escape plan was only a deception and that he has been shot. Desperate, Tosca commits suicide by throwing herself off the Castel Sant’Angelo.
