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Tosca

Hungarian State Opera: AuditoriumAndrássy út 22, Budapest, Central Hungary, 1061, Hungary
Dates/times in Budapest time zone
Saturday 07 February 202618:30
Sunday 08 February 202611:00
Wednesday 11 February 202618:30
Thursday 12 February 202618:30
Saturday 14 February 202618:30
Sunday 15 February 202611:00
Tuesday 24 February 202618:30
Programme
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)ToscaLibretto by Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Performers
Hungarian State Opera
Gergely KesselyákConductor
Szilveszter ÓkovácsDirector
Krisztina LisztopádSet Designer, Costume Designer
Tamás PillingerLighting Designer
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Zsombor CzeglédiAnimation
Hungarian State Opera Chorus
Hungarian State Opera Children's Chorus
Zsuzsanna ÁdámSopranoFloria Tosca
Natália TuznikSopranoFloria Tosca
Boldizsár LászlóTenorMario Cavaradossi
Szabolcs BricknerTenorMario Cavaradossi
Károly SzemerédyBaritoneBaron Scarpia
Bence PatakiBassCesare Angelotti
András KissBaritoneSacristan
Attila ErdősBassSpoletta
Boldizsár ZajkásBassSciarrone, A Jailer

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.

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