Tosca

New National Theatre Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Scene 1 from the opera "Tosca" at the New National Theater Tokyo, photo 3

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Important Info

Type: Opera

City: Tokyo, Japan

Starts at: 14:00

Acts: 3

Duration: 2h 55min

Sung in: Italian

Titles in: English,Japanese

Cast

Performers

Soprano: Joyce El-Khoury (Floria Tosca)

Conductor: Maurizio Benini

Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus

Baritone: Nikoloz Lagvilava (Baron Scarpia)

Tenor: Teodor Ilincai (Mario Cavaradossi)

Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Creators

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Director: Antonello Madau-Díaz

Librettist: Giuseppe Giacosa

Librettist: Luigi Illica

Dramaturge: Victorien Sardou

Overview

Italian director Antonello MADAU-DIAZ's highly popular production of Puccini's Tosca returns to the NNTT. His visually spectacular staging, especially in the "Te Deum" scene in Act I, vividly evokes the atmosphere of turn of the nineteenth century Rome where the tragedy of the doomed lovers Tosca and Cavaradossi takes place.

The opera is full of vocal highlights including Cavaradossi's ardent romanza "Recondita armonia", Tosca's heart-felt prayer "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" and Cavaradossi's farewell song, "E lucevan le stele", and Puccini's music maintains the dramatic tension right to the climactic final scene. This production welcomes the renowned Maurizio Benini as conductor and features an outstanding cast including Joyce El-Khoury as Tosca and Teodor Ilincăi, who also performed impressively as Calaf in Turandot, as Cavaradossi.

History

Premiere of this production: 14 January 1900, Teatro Costanzi, Rome

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples's control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's invasion of Italy. It contains depictions of torture, murder and suicide, as well as some of Puccini's best-known lyrical arias.

Venue Info

New National Theatre Tokyo - Tokyo
1 Chome-1-1 Honmachi, Shibuya City

The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) is Japan's first and foremost national centre for the performing arts, including opera, ballet, contemporary dance and drama. Since 1997 more than 650 productions were staged. There are about 300 performances per season with approximately 200,000 theatergoers. The centre has been praised for its architecture and state-of-the-art modern theatre facilities, which are considered among the best in the world.

The construction of the NNTT was completed in February 1997. Its first public performances took place in October of that year. The Tokyo Opera City Tower is connected to the theatre. It has concert halls, an art gallery, a media-art museum, office space, many restaurants and shops. The combined complex of the skyscraper tower and the theatre is called the "Tokyo Opera City".

Besides the public performances, various enterprises are undertaken, such as the young artist training programs (for ballet, opera, and theatre), theatre rental for other performing arts groups, performing arts-related exhibitions, public usage of its video library and book library, public performances for children and young students, backstage tours, and most importantly, international exchanges for performing arts events, etc. Moreover, The Stage Set & Design Centre (located in Choshi city, Chiba Prefecture), stores and exhibits previously-used stage scenery and costumes.