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FULL TOSCA New York 2023 Anush Avetisyan, Chad Kranak, Gustavo Feulien
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Tosca
- Composer: Puccini Giacomo
- Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Nagelberg Theater, Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, Heartbeat Opera
- Recorded: April 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Anush Avetisyan, Chad Kranak, Gustavo Feulien, Christopher Nazarian, Joe Lodato, Reza Mirjalili
- Conductor: Jacob Ashworth
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Shadi G.
- Stage Designer: Reid Thompson
- Costume Designer: Mika Eubanks
- Lighting Designer: Oliver Wason
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Heartbeat Opera
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Heartbeat’s production of TOSCA translates Puccini’s masterpiece of love and revolution from Rome’s 1800 police state to the modern-day world of religious authoritarian regimes.
This brand new co-adaptation by Iranian-American director Shadi Ghaheri and Heartbeat Artistic Director Jacob Ashworth focuses on a troupe of singer activists living in an oppressive dictatorship who have decided that tonight they will risk everything to perform the uncensored TOSCA. They race to tell their whole story before the authoritarian forces lurking in the wings press in.
This radical adaptation asks what it means to make art where freedom of expression does not exist — where even love is banned from the stage. Puccini’s score is transformed in a breathtaking new arrangement by Daniel Schlosberg, featuring our biggest band yet: three cellos, bass, piano, flute, trumpet, and horn, conducted by Jacob Ashworth.