One of the best-loved operas of all time, Puccini’s drama is back for 4 performances at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on 28, 29, 30th and 31st July, 2022, as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival, in an impressive production staged, and with sets and costumes by the celebrated Argentine opera director Hugo de Ana, and conducted by Philippe Auguin.
Opera diva Floria Tosca is a woman madly in love, and insanely jealous of her lover. Baron Scarpia, an evil man who wields absolute power, takes pleasure in making his victims suffer. Caught between these 2 is Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca’s lover and a true patriot, who gets sent to his death not for his ideas, but for his relationship with Tosca, whom Scarpia lusts after. The machinations of the plot are perfectly engineered: no-one will escape the traps set by Scarpia.
The narrative architecture of Tosca touches on a series of all-too-human concerns: love and jealousy, debauched lust, and loyal friendship. And though death encapsulates this work in many ways, the essence of its plot is in fact the unbearable predicament in which our lead finds herself, left to face a nightmare of a dilemma. The qualities inherent in our heroine help explain why Tosca remains one of the most popular operas in the repertoire to this day. Tosca is the archetypal opera diva when it comes to both how she sings and how she behaves. Her exploits and her emotions lay the very foundations of the quintessential operatic trope that is the self-absorbed opera singer who allows herself to be overpowered by her instincts.
28, 29, 30th and 31st July, 2022.
STARTS AT: 21:00.
TICKET PRICES:
€25, €45, €55, €60, €85, €100.
https://aefestival.gr/festival_events/tosca/?lang=en
Venue: ODEON OF HERODES ATTICUS / ACROPOLIS - ATHENS
