Tosca

Set in Rome in the early 1800s, the opera paints an intense picture of political and personal conflicts in which love and loyalty are put to a deadly test.

Hermanis' production relocates the action to the time when the opera was written, around 1900, while the stage uses a graphic novel to project the historical locations onto monumental architecture, reinforcing the psychological intensity of the characters.

Cast

Musical director: Giuseppe Mentuccia
Director: Alvis Hermanis
Stage rehearsal, performance direction: José Darío Innella
Stage design, costumes: Kristīne Jurjāne
Lighting: Gleb Filshtinsky
Chorus rehearsal: Gerhard Polifka

Tosca: Sonya Yoncheva
Cavaradossi: Vittorio Grigolo
Scarpia: Christopher Maltman
Angelotti: Carles Pachon
Sacristan: Hanseong Yun
Spoletta: Florian Hoffmann
Sciarrone: Irakli Pkhaladze
Jailer: Manuel Winckhler
Shepherd: Soloist from the State Opera Children's Choir

Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin
Choir: State Opera Choir & State Opera Children's Choir