Masterworks: Puccini's Tosca
Name:
Masterworks: Puccini's Tosca
Date:
February 4, 2017
Time:
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM EST
Website:
http://www.fwphil.org
Event Description:
Masterworks 5 | February 4, 2017
PUCCINI’S TOSCA
7:30 PM | Embassy Theatre
Andrew Constantine, conductor
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus – Benjamin Rivera, director
Fort Wayne Children's Choir – Jonathan Busarow, director
Puccini A Concert Version of the Opera in Three Acts
Act I Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Act II Scarpia's apartment in the Palazzo Farnese, that evening
Act III The upper parts of the Castel Sant'Angelo, early the following morning
Giacomo Puccini's passionate and theatrical opera tells the tale of the fiery diva Tosca, her artist and revolutionary lover Cavaradossi, and the corrupt police chief Scarpia, before whom all of Rome trembles. Tosca includes some of the most beautiful arias in the repertoire and since its premiere in 1900, audiences remain spellbound by its themes of sadistic lust and political intrigue.
PUCCINI’S TOSCA
7:30 PM | Embassy Theatre
Andrew Constantine, conductor
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus – Benjamin Rivera, director
Fort Wayne Children's Choir – Jonathan Busarow, director
Puccini A Concert Version of the Opera in Three Acts
Act I Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Act II Scarpia's apartment in the Palazzo Farnese, that evening
Act III The upper parts of the Castel Sant'Angelo, early the following morning
Giacomo Puccini's passionate and theatrical opera tells the tale of the fiery diva Tosca, her artist and revolutionary lover Cavaradossi, and the corrupt police chief Scarpia, before whom all of Rome trembles. Tosca includes some of the most beautiful arias in the repertoire and since its premiere in 1900, audiences remain spellbound by its themes of sadistic lust and political intrigue.
