Opera Carolina Begins 64th Season with Puccini’s Tosca

Tosca by Giacomo Puccini

Photos by jonsilla.com

Tosca opened October 13th but it's not too late to attend. There are still two more performances scheduled.  

Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 7:30 p.m.

 
Sunday, October 21, 2012 – 2 p.m.  
 

Cast and Artistic Team

Jill Gardner - Tosca (top credit, Lyric Opera of Chicago)

Raul Melo – Cavardossi (top credit, The Metropolitan Opera)

Todd Thomas – Scarpia (top credit, The Metropolitan Opera)
 

Conductor: James Meena

Director: Jay Lesenger
 

Brief Synopsis
Rome. 1800. An escaped political prisoner seeks shelter in the private chapel of his wealthy sister. The painter Cavaradossi arrives to work on a fresco of Mary Magdalene, he soon finds his old friend and vows to help him, all while keeping him in hiding from his lover, the celebrated singer Floria Tosca, who demands consoling over the beautiful woman in the painting. In this tangle of reunions, hiding, discoveries and the soothing of a jealous lover's passion, the chief of police, Baron Scarpia uses Tosca's passions against her in a series of deceits that result in torture, betrayal, salacious proposals, dirty deals, murder, execution, despair and suicide!