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Tosca
Text Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica
Melodrama in three acts
Cast
Musical direction
Yoel Gamzou
Staging
Margarethe Wallmann
Stage and costumes
Nicola Benois
Floria Tosca
Krassimira Stoyanova
Mario Cavaradossi
Riccardo Massì
Baron Scarpia
Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Contents
The attractiveness of Margarethe Wallmann's »Tosca« production has remained unbroken since 1958. The production receives an additional symbolic attraction through the impressive number of well-known artistic personalities, who appeared before the Viennese audience in exactly this direction, in exactly these decorations and in exactly these costumes in memorable performances. The gallery of outstanding performers will now be continued in all three performance series of this season.
Plot
ACT 1
Rome in 1800. Angelotti, consul of the former Roman Republic, has escaped from the Castel Sant'Angelo where he was imprisoned. In the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle he met the painter Mario Cavaradossi, a sympathizer of the Republic, who promised him help. In addition, his sister, the Marchesa Attavanti, deposited women's clothing in her family chapel as camouflage. Floria Tosca, a famous singer and jealous lover of Cavaradossi, arrives to arrange a night of love with the painter at her villa. She discovers that the painting Cavaradossi is working on bears Attavanti traits. Only after the painter has been able to allay her jealousy and she has left the church can Cavaradossi and Angelotti plan the ex-consul's escape: he is to hide on the Cavaradossi estate. A cannon shot reveals that his escape from Castel Sant'Angelo has been discovered, and Cavaradossi accompanies Angelotti to the hiding place. The supposed victory over Napoleon at Marengo (and thus the setback of republican efforts) is celebrated in the church. The brutal police chief, Baron Scarpia, who hopes to discover clues to Angelotti's escape in the church, interrupts the celebration. Using a fan left behind by the Marchesa Attavanti, he succeeds in stoking the jealousy of the returned Tosca, who then rushes to Cavaradossi to convict him of infidelity. Minions of Scarpia follow her. In a diabolical monologue, Scarpia muses on his desire to possess Tosca and see Cavaradossi dead.
ACT 2
The victory over Napoleon is also celebrated in the Farnese Palace, with Tosca taking part. Meanwhile, Scarpia has Cavaradossi tortured to learn Angelotti's hiding place. When Tosca hears his cries of pain, she reveals this to protect her lover. Then the news arrives that Napoleon has won at Marengo. The end of tyranny is at hand. Before that, however, Cavaradossi is to be executed. In order to save him, Scarpia demands her physical devotion from Tosca. She agrees, receives promises of a mock execution and permits - and murders Scarpia.
ACT 3
On the platform of Castel Sant'Angelo, where his execution is to take place, Cavaradossi loses himself in memories of Tosca. She appears and tells of his rescue and the impending mock shooting. But Scarpia has betrayed her and Cavaradossi is actually shot by the soldiers. For Tosca, life has become meaningless. When Scarpia's henchmen approach, she throws herself off the Castel Sant'Angelo.
Subject to change.
Melodrama in three acts
Cast
Musical direction
Yoel Gamzou
Staging
Margarethe Wallmann
Stage and costumes
Nicola Benois
Floria Tosca
Krassimira Stoyanova
Mario Cavaradossi
Riccardo Massì
Baron Scarpia
Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Contents
The attractiveness of Margarethe Wallmann's »Tosca« production has remained unbroken since 1958. The production receives an additional symbolic attraction through the impressive number of well-known artistic personalities, who appeared before the Viennese audience in exactly this direction, in exactly these decorations and in exactly these costumes in memorable performances. The gallery of outstanding performers will now be continued in all three performance series of this season.
Plot
ACT 1
Rome in 1800. Angelotti, consul of the former Roman Republic, has escaped from the Castel Sant'Angelo where he was imprisoned. In the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle he met the painter Mario Cavaradossi, a sympathizer of the Republic, who promised him help. In addition, his sister, the Marchesa Attavanti, deposited women's clothing in her family chapel as camouflage. Floria Tosca, a famous singer and jealous lover of Cavaradossi, arrives to arrange a night of love with the painter at her villa. She discovers that the painting Cavaradossi is working on bears Attavanti traits. Only after the painter has been able to allay her jealousy and she has left the church can Cavaradossi and Angelotti plan the ex-consul's escape: he is to hide on the Cavaradossi estate. A cannon shot reveals that his escape from Castel Sant'Angelo has been discovered, and Cavaradossi accompanies Angelotti to the hiding place. The supposed victory over Napoleon at Marengo (and thus the setback of republican efforts) is celebrated in the church. The brutal police chief, Baron Scarpia, who hopes to discover clues to Angelotti's escape in the church, interrupts the celebration. Using a fan left behind by the Marchesa Attavanti, he succeeds in stoking the jealousy of the returned Tosca, who then rushes to Cavaradossi to convict him of infidelity. Minions of Scarpia follow her. In a diabolical monologue, Scarpia muses on his desire to possess Tosca and see Cavaradossi dead.
ACT 2
The victory over Napoleon is also celebrated in the Farnese Palace, with Tosca taking part. Meanwhile, Scarpia has Cavaradossi tortured to learn Angelotti's hiding place. When Tosca hears his cries of pain, she reveals this to protect her lover. Then the news arrives that Napoleon has won at Marengo. The end of tyranny is at hand. Before that, however, Cavaradossi is to be executed. In order to save him, Scarpia demands her physical devotion from Tosca. She agrees, receives promises of a mock execution and permits - and murders Scarpia.
ACT 3
On the platform of Castel Sant'Angelo, where his execution is to take place, Cavaradossi loses himself in memories of Tosca. She appears and tells of his rescue and the impending mock shooting. But Scarpia has betrayed her and Cavaradossi is actually shot by the soldiers. For Tosca, life has become meaningless. When Scarpia's henchmen approach, she throws herself off the Castel Sant'Angelo.
Subject to change.
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