Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

 

Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica

First Performance: Teatro Costanzi, Roma, Januart 14, 1900

First Peformance at the Israeli Opera: September 25, 1999

First Performance of this production: April 21, 2009 

Conductor		Daniel Oren
Direcotr and Set and Costume Designer		Hugo De Ana
Revival Director		Julia Pevzner
Lighting Designer		Avi -Yona Bueno (Bambi)

Soloists
Tosca		Hui He
		Michele Crider
Mario Cavaradossi		Pierro Giuliacci
		Rubens Pelizzari
Baron Scarpia		Alberto Mastromarino
		Silvano Carolli
Angelotti		Carlo Striulli
Sagrestano		Vladimir Braun
Spoletta		Yossef Aridan
Sciarrone		Noah Briger
Jailer		Ville Lignell
Sheperd		Shira Patshornik

The Israeli Opera Chorus

Conductor: Yishai Steckler

Moran Choir

Conductor: Neomi Faran

The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

Sung in Italian

Surtitles in English and Hebrew

Surtitles: Israel Ouval

The Israeli Opera's grandiose cinematic production of Puccini's thriller in which Tosca jumps to her death after she murders the voluptuous Scarpia only to realize that he tricked her and murdered her lover, returns to the stage conducted by Daniel Oren.

Synopsis

Production's Album

Photos: Yossi Zwecker

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Dates

Tues 21.4 (20:00), Wed 22.4 (20:00), Thurs 23.4 (20:00), Fri 24.4 (13:00)

Sat 25.4 (21:00), Sun 26.4 (20:00), Tues 5.5 (20:00), Thurs 30.4 (20:00),

Sat1.5 (13:00), Sun 2.5 (21:00), Tues 5.5 (20:00),  Wed 6.5 (20:00),  Thurs 7.5 (20:00)

Towards Opening: Sat 18.4 (11:00)

Before the show back stage tours:  Thurs 23.4 (19:00), Thurs 30.4 (19:00), Thurs 6.5 (19:00)

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Review

"In this Tosca the star is the director... the production is all projections... it is most extraordinary." (Michael Handelsaltz, Haaretz)