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Tosca
A diva in love is forced to make a difficult choice in Puccini's gripping drama
Part of the Summer Opera Holland Park 2024 Season
Add to my Calendar 28-05-2024 19:30 28-05-2024 21:30 36 Tosca Set in the grit and glamour of late 1960s Rome, Stephen Barlow’s acclaimed 2008 production of Tosca returns to Opera Holland Park for the centenary of Puccini’s death. With the city in his grip, Scarpia meets his match with the diva Floria Tosca, who must try to prevent the execution of her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, an artist opposed to Scarpia’s politics. Taut and terrifying, Puccini’s drama contains some of his most impassioned and original music for voice and orchestra. South African soprano Amanda Echalaz returns to the role and staging that launched her international career, having since played Floria Tosca in Berlin, Dresden, Santa Fe, Salzburg, Strasbourg, Sydney and New York. Portuguese tenor José de Eça makes his company debut as Mario Cavaradossi. Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts in his fourteenth engagement with the company since he joined the inaugural cohort of Opera Holland Park Young Artists. Opera Holland Park Theatre, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Opera Holland Park Theatre
Ilchester Place
Kensington
London
W8 6LU
England
Programme
Giacomo Puccini – Tosca
Performers
Amanda Echalaz – soloist
José de Eça – soloist
Morgan Pearse – soloist
Edwin Kaye – soloist
Ross Ramgobin – soloist
Phillip Costovski – soloist
Alex Jones – soloist
Jack Holton – soloist
Matthew Kofi Waldren – Conductor
Stephen Barlow – Director
Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
Opera Holland Park
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Programme Note
Set in the grit and glamour of late 1960s Rome, Stephen Barlow’s acclaimed 2008 production of Tosca returns to Opera Holland Park for the centenary of Puccini’s death. With the city in his grip, Scarpia meets his match with the diva Floria Tosca, who must try to prevent the execution of her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, an artist opposed to Scarpia’s politics. Taut and terrifying, Puccini’s drama contains some of his most impassioned and original music for voice and orchestra.
South African soprano Amanda Echalaz returns to the role and staging that launched her international career, having since played Floria Tosca in Berlin, Dresden, Santa Fe, Salzburg, Strasbourg, Sydney and New York. Portuguese tenor José de Eça makes his company debut as Mario Cavaradossi. Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts in his fourteenth engagement with the company since he joined the inaugural cohort of Opera Holland Park Young Artists.
