Madison Opera

Tosca

by Giacomo Puccini

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Friday, November 3 & Sunday, November 5

Overture Hall

Sung in Italian with projected English translations.

Run Time

Approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes, with two intermissions

Age Recommendation

12 and up

On sale Tuesday, September 5

11am

“And before him all of Rome trembled…”

Rome, 1800. As political storms gather, the opera singer Floria Tosca risks everything to save her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, from sinister police chief Baron Scarpia.

Based on a French play that scandalized critics and was a smash hit with audiences, Puccini’s 1900 opera is theatrically sensational, musically thrilling, and justifiably renowned. Don’t miss this tour de force of soaring music and headlong drama.

Meet the Artists

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Tosca

Michelle Johnson

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Cavaradossi

Limmie Pulliam

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Scarpia

Craig Irvin

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Angelotti

Alex Soare

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Sacristan

Mark Billy

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Spoletta

William Johnson

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