The Rialto Theatre is delighted to announce its collaboration with ROH-Cinema, bringing to Rialto’s screen the very best of Britain’s Royal Opera House. The Royal Opera is one of the world’s leading opera institutions under the artistic direction of Antonio Pappano.
Opening screening from the Royal Opera House, is one of the best loved operas of all times.
Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece Tosca (libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica) is a political thriller of drama, pathos and twists.
The case: Painter and republican sympathizer Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca’s lover, is arrested, due to his political views, by Baron Scarpia, chief of police. Scarpia agrees to set Cavaradossi free only if Tosca spends the night with him. Tosca yields to pressure but eventually kills the baron.
Conductor: Oksana Lyniv
Director: Jonathan Kent
Royal Opera Chorus / Chorus Director: William Spaulding
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast: Yuriy Yurchuk, Jeremy White, Freddie de Tommaso, Elena Stikhina, Alexey Markov, Hubert Francis, Jihoon Kim, Kaelan O’Sullivan, John Morrissey
In Italian with English subtitles.
Media Sponsor: Cyprus Mail
Duration: 180'
Rialto Theatre, Sunday 27 March at 18:30
Tickets: € 20 / 15 Ι E-ticket: www.rialto.com.cy, Rialto App
Rialto Box Office : 77 77 77 45
(Mon-Fri 10:00-15:00 and 2 hours before the performance)