The Royal Opera

TOSCA

Sunday 9th May at 14:00

Approximate runtime: 3h 15min, With Two Intervals

Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Cast:  

Floria Tosca ALEKSANDRA KURZAK

Mario Cavaradossi SAIMIR PIRGU

Baron Scarpia CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN

Spoletta ALED HALL

Cesare Angelotti PAWEŁ HORODYSKI

Sacristan JONATHAN LEMALU

Sciarrone SAM HIRD

Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates, in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?

Oliver Mears’s acclaimed production returns, setting Puccini’s operatic thriller in a contemporary, war-torn Rome. Daniel Oren conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, who returns to the title role, joined by Saimir Pirgu as Cavaradossi and Christopher Maltman as Baron Scarpia.

This film is rated as “12A” – Suitable for 12 Years and Over. No one under the age of 12 can watch a 12A unless accompanied by an Adult.

*Photographic ID may be required if young people are attending without an adult, entry may be refused if not provided.

[Passport/Driver’s License/Citizenship Card/Post Office ID/YOTI ID/Lloyds ID].