25th October
Concert will begin at 17:00 hours GMT
Puccini's 'Tosca' with Netrebko, De Tommaso, Finley and Huskinson 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:
Floria Tosca: Anna Netrebko.
Mario Cavaradossi: Freddie De Tommaso.
Baron Scarpia: Gerald Finley.
Sacristan: Alessandro Corbelli.
Cesare Angelotti: Ossian Huskinson.
Spoletta: Carlo Bosi.
Sciarrone: Siphe Kwani.
Jailer: Olle Zetterström.
Royal Opera Chorus. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Jakub Hruša.
Recorded.
BBC Radio 3