Tosca

This performance is not recommended for chrildren under the age of 14.

The point of Puccini's Tosca is not that it is set in Rome or in the summer of 1800. The dilemmas, emotions, and shocking plot twists make the piece interesting. Equally important to the story is the frame of a totalitarian regime where the chief of police can do as he pleases: he can capture without warrant, unlawfully torture, imprison without trial, and execute without verdict whomever he wants. The opera showcases the bravery, faithfulness, and inevitable tragedy of the singer Tosca and the painter Mario, for which a setting of Budapest in the 50's, when the Opera House itself became a spot of events of dictatorship and cult of personality, is a perfect analogy. This new production of Tosca does not have any obvious symbols or historic figures, but the suffocating air of this dark era is palpable: innocent and harmless artists had to die just like they had in the world of the fictional Baron Scarpia.

Source of some pictures used in this production: Fortepan.

General cast:
Floria Tosca................................ Zsuzsanna Ádám
Mario Cavaradossi..................... Bodizsár László
Baron Scarpia............................ Péter Kálmán
Cesare Angelotti........................ Géza Gábor
Sacristan.................................... András Kiss
Spoletta...................................... Tivadar Kiss
Sciarrone / Jailer........................ Erdős Attila

Conductor: Levete Török

Authors:
Librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa / Luigi Illica
Director: Szilveszter Ókovács
Artistic consultant: András Almási-Tóth
Set and costume designer: Krisztina Lisztopád
Animation designer: Zsombor Czeglédi
Hungarian surtitles: Klára Lami
English surtitles: Crane Arthur Roger
Head of the Children's Chorus: Nikolett Hajzer
Chorus director: Gábor Csiki