Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
23.5.2024, 20:00
Conductor: Paolo Bressan (Italy)
Director: Ognyan Draganov (Bulgaria)
Set design: Zoran Nikolovski
Costume designer: Marija Pupuchevska
Assistant Conductor: Katerina Stojkovska
Ass. Director: Trajko Jordanovski
Concert Master: Jane Bakevski
Choir Master: Djurdjica Dasikj, Jasmina Gjorgjeska
Piano Accompanists : Elena Siljanovska, Janinka Nevceva, Andreja Naunov, Jordan Petrushevski
Stage managers: Ljupcho Polizov, Dragan Kostadinovikj, Marko Pavlevski
Prompter: Nevena Georgieva
CAST:
Tosca: Vesna Gjinovska Ilkova
Mario Cavaradossi: Nikola Kitanovski (Serbia)
Baron Scarpia: Lucian Petrean (Romania)
Cesare Angelotti: Borko Bidzovski
A Sacristan: Dragan Ampov
Spoletta: Jane Dunimagloski
Sciarrone: Dime Petrov
A Jailer: Dimitar Kozhuharov
A Shepherd boy: Desanka Gligorijevikj
A judge: Miroslav Antovski
The choir and orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet
Synopsis
The artist Mario Cavaradossi assist his friend, the escaped rebel, the republican Angelotti, by hiding him in the church where he is painting. The chief of police and the agents are on his trail. Scarpia uses promises and threats on Tosca, the beautiful singer and Cavaradossi lover, to say where Angelotti is. Cavaradossi is arrested and sentenced to death. Tosca ‘s beg for mercy is relentless. The nsounds of her lover being tortured drive Tosca to beg to know the price of his release. Scarpia will not accept any bribe but Tosca herself. She agrees to betray Angelotti if she and her lover are given documents to escape. Tosca and Scarpia have agreed to stage an execution. Scarpia expresses his love for Tosca, who rejects and stabs him to beath . She tells Cavaradossi that the execution will be false , but Scarpia went back on his word prior his death , Tosca triesto wake him up , but it is all in vainShince the police is after her , because she has murdered Scarpia, she decides to commit suicide by trowing herself over escarpment into the river of Tiber.