Film

The Met — Tosca

20092h 17m

Director: Gary Halvorson
Year: 2009

Puccini’s musical thriller of lust, murder, and politics is one of the most dramatically riveting operas in the repertoire. Luc Bondy’s production, with sets by Richard Peduzzi and costumes by Academy Award-winning designer Milena Canonero, opened the Met’s 2009–10 season. Karita Mattila stars as the beautiful and dangerously impulsive singer Floria Tosca. Marcelo Álvarez is her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, a political enemy of the powerful chief of police, Scarpia (George Gagnidze), who wants Tosca for himself.

Top cast

Karita Mattila

Floria Tosca

Marcelo Álvarez

Mario Cavaradossi

George Gagnidze

Baron Scarpia

David Pittsinger

Cesare Angelotti

Paul Plishka

Sacristan

Joel Sorensen

Spoletta

James Courtney

Sciarrone

Keith Miller

Jailer

Jonathan A. Makepeace

Shepherd

Susan Graham

Self - Host

MET Orchestra

Directed by

Gary Halvorson

Written by

Victorien Sardou, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa

Produced by

Victoria Warivonchik, Louisa Briccetti