Tosca - Opera in the monastery courtyard (In Italian with German surtitles)

"I lived for art, I lived for love." - And yet the singer Floria Tosca finds herself in a maelstrom of betrayal, torture and murder from which there is no escape: Tosca tries to rescue her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, from the clutches of the brutal police chief Scarpia. He demands a night together as the price for Tosca's release. Afterwards, she and Cavaradossi are to be allowed to leave Rome unmolested, concealed by the mock execution of her lover. Tosca agrees, but stabs Scarpia in the heat of the moment. But even in death, the scheming chief of police has the reins of events firmly in his hands. Based on Victorien Sardou's drama, Giacomo Puccini wrote Tosca, one of the best-known and most popular operas in the repertoire to this day. Passionate music interspersed with elements of verismo, captivating arias such as Vissi d'arte and E lucevan le stelle, an emotional triangular constellation and a gripping political background make this work an operatic thriller that has thrilled audiences since its premiere in 1900.

In the summer of 2025, the St. Gallen Concert and Theater will return to the Klosterhof with Puccini's opera after a one-year break. The team led by Argentinian director Marcos Darbyshire, who has already staged Piazzolla's tango opera María de Buenos Aires at UM!BAU, is devoting itself to this gripping opera plot about love, jealousy and murder, bringing Castel Sant'Angelo and the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle to life in front of the collegiate church.


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