![]() ![]() Ĭesare Angelotti (bass) – An escaped political prisoner and friend to Cavaradossi. Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville. Played by Stefano de Peppo, well known to opera Colorado audiences for his masterful portrayal of Dr. Sacristan (bass) – The caretaker of the Attavani family chapel. ![]() Played by Luis Ledesma, who is making his Opera Colorado mainstage debut, but was seen at our first in-person event of 2021 Canciones de nuestras Tierras at Denver Botanic Garden. ![]() Played by Rafael Davila, who is making his Opera Colorado debut.īarone Scarpia (baritone) – Rome’s chief of police. Mario Cavaradossi (tenor) – A painter and Tosca’s lover. Played by returning Opera Colorado favorite Melissa Citro, who previously tackled another of Puccini’s heroines as Minnie in Opera Colorado’s 2016 production of La fanciulla del West. Source Material – La Tosca, a five-act play written by Victorien Sardou (September 1831 – November 1908) The Charactersįloria Tosca (soprano) – One of Rome’s premier opera singers. Librettists – Luigi Illica (May 1857 – December 1919) and Giuseppe Giacosa (October 1847 – September 1906) Learn a little about the basics of this beloved opera in the first installment of Tosca 101.Ĭomposer – Giacomo Puccini (December 1858 – November 1924) Once you see this heart-racing drama, you will understand why. Based on French playwright Victorien Sardou’s La Tosca, Puccini spent years working with his publisher to gather the rights to adapt the play for the operatic stage. However, Puccini had his eyes on this story for years. It is hard to believe Puccini composed the political thriller Tosca directly after La bohème, one of the most tender love stories of our time. And while Puccini’s Tosca holds many beautiful moments of tenderness, this opera is a wild ride of jealousy, lust, political intrigue, and betrayal. I lived for love.” These famous words of Floria Tosca have endeared her to so many opera lovers over the years.
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