Puccini
Tosca at Margaret Court Arena
Margaret Court ArenaNow playing–30 May 2024
Puccini
Tosca at Margaret Court Arena
Margaret Court ArenaNow playing–30 May 2024
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Performance Dates & Time
May 24, 25, 28, 29, 30 at 7:30pm
May 26 at 1:00pm
Venue
Margaret Court Arena
Olympic Blvd, Melbourne
Running time
Approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes, including two intervals.
Language
Performed in Italian with English surtitles.
Please note
This production contains depictions of violence, including violence against women, sexual violence, murder and suicide.
Supporting Partner
Tosca is an Opera North production.
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Love. Jealousy. Betrayal.
“Ah! Tosca.” Scarpia growls it, lust in his voice, danger in his eyes. Tosca thinks of her lover, his captive. How far will she go to save him?
Opera’s greatest thriller is a taut tale of passion and betrayal, taking place over just 24 hours in Rome. Renowned prima donna Tosca is in love with Cavaradossi, a painter and revolutionary. When the sadistic Chief of Police Scarpia tries to crush them, our heroine finds the strength to do the unspeakable.
Puccini’s music is sensational: from the overpowering choral power of the famous Te Deum, Tosca’s ode to art ‘Vissi d’arte’ and the haunting tenor showpiece ‘E lucevan le stelle’ as Cavaradossi faces death.
When the final note rings into silence, and you pick your jaw up off the floor, you’ll feel an extraordinary emotional release.
In this acclaimed, five-star production from Opera North, director Edward Dick writes the tension large upon the stage. A stunning renaissance fresco colours a gilded dome hanging over the performers. Dramatic, stadium-style lights by Lee Curran put a razor focus on the unfolding action, revealing beauty and menace in turn.
Tosca is the perfect first taste of opera, and one opera lovers return to again and again, to experience how music can bring great stories to emotional highs. Tosca has it all: romance, action and an unforgettable ending.
Performed in the Margaret Court Arena with all the drama and scale of an epic theatrical experience, this will be very special night at the opera.
The action turns on a trio of brilliant performers, so we’ve found singers you don’t want to miss: Opera Australia audience favourite Karah Son shares the heroic title role with British star Nadine Benjamin. Diego Torre returns to our stage as Cavaradossi, along with Young Woo Kim, making his Australian debut in the role. And we have two formidable Scarpias: Helpmann Award-winning baritone Warwick Fyfe and English singer Robert Hayward.
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