31st October

Concert will begin at 18:30 hours GMT

Puccini's 'Tosca' with Gheorghiu, Kaufmann, Terfel and Francis from London

Puccini's 'Tosca' is an opera in three acts to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples's control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's invasion of Italy. Performers:

Tosca: Angela Gheorghiu.
Cavaradossi: Konas Kaufmann.
Scarpia: Bryn Terfel.
Spoletta: Hubert Francis.
Angelotti: Lukas Jakobski.
Sacristan: Jeremy White.
Sciarrone: Zheng Zhou.
Shepherd Boy: William Payne.

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Antonio Pappano.

Recorded in 2011.