Staging team
Conductor: G. Tourniaire, F. Drs, O. Lenárd
Stage director: M. Otava
Set designer: J. Svoboda
Costume designer: J. Jelínek
Chorus master: T. Karlovič
Cast
Floria Tosca: A.-L. Bogza, M. Hundeling
Mario Cavaradossi, painter: I. Jan
Baron Scarpia, prefect: I. Gavrilov, R. Haan, J. Sulženko
Cesare Angelotti: O. Kříž, L. Mlejnek
Parish clerk: M. Bürger
Spoletta, police agent: L. Havlák, J. Hruška
Sciarrone, valet: O. Kříž, R. Vocel
Shepherd: K. Džuganová, E. Jarkovská, Š. Knížetová, D. Koklesová
Gaoler: L. Koverdynský, R. Prázný, F. Ryšavý
Love, jealousy, hate, death – these are the attributes of many operas and so it is with this, the most famous, opera by Puccini. It is set against the background of political strife in Italy in 1800. Dramatically it is once more an opera, which enthrals by its dramatic suspense and scenes imbued with passionate commotion and despair. Puccini’s music is matched to the drama.
The renewed set design of Josef Svoboda, created by him for the production in the Grand Opera on May 5, 1947, still commands respect both for its grandiosity and its purity of artistic expression.
Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes with 2 intermissions
Performed in Italian with Czech and English captions
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