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FULL TOSCA Barcelona 2023 Michael Fabiano, Maria Agresta, Željko Lučić
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Tosca
- Composer: Puccini Giacomo
- Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain
- Recorded: January 16, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from Gran Teatre del Liceu:
This new version, first seen at La Monnaie, was coproduced by the Gran Teatre del Liceu in partnership with other opera houses. In it the Spanish stage director Rafael R. Villalobos highlights the political, moral and social pressure that weighs on the public, drawing parallels with the oppression suffered by Pier Paolo Pasolini (murdered because he was considered an enemy of the government) and the personal torment of Caravaggio, as seen by Santiago Ydáñez.
This same pressure, exerted urbi et orbi by the Vatican, converts the characters into veritable puppets. How can they maintain their faith intact when everything around them is tainted by corruption and despotism? How will Floria Tosca react when the borderline between perverted power and religious dogma becomes blurred? She ultimately leaps into the void, not just physically, but because she needs to escape and preserve her authenticity and freedom. Tosca is beauty face to face with horror and devastation.