07/18/15 – Tosca – 1pm
Lyric Opera of Chicago
- by Giacomo Puccini
- In Italian with projected English texts
- Approximate running time: 2hrs, 42 min
Living for art…dying for love.
A fiery diva, the rebel artist who claims her heart, and the sadistic police chief before whom all Rome trembles — for more than a hundred years, audiences have watched and listened spellbound as the cat-and-mouse game between Tosca and Scarpia plays to its deadly conclusion. Will she submit to his lust to save her lover from the firing squad?
Find out as these two outstanding casts bring you Puccini at his most theatrical and passionate.
Lyric Opera coproduction generously made possible by the Harris Family Foundation, Marlys A. Beider, Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, ITW, andMr. and Mrs. Michael Polsky.
Coproduction of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Houston Grand Opera.
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Starring
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Tosca
Tatiana Serjan
Jan 24 – Feb 5
Critics raved when this Russian star sang Lady Macbeth with Riccardo Muti and the CSO. “Tatiana Serjan is flat-out thrilling…exuding the temperament of a lioness.” Chicagoontheaisle.com -
Tosca
Hui He
Feb 27 – Mar 14
Hui He burst onto the international scene as Tosca at La Scala (2006) and took Chicago by storm as Aida in 2012. “She’s a showstopper…delivering genuine thrills.” Chicago Tribune
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Cavaradossi
Brian Jagde
Jan 24 – Feb 5
American tenor Brian Jagde is “an uncommonly ardent Cavaradossi, nailing his arias with a robust vocalism.” Chicago Tribune
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Cavaradossi
Jorge de Leon
Feb 27 – Mar 14
Spain’s Jorge de Leon “has a silvery voice that’s a gift of nature.”
Opera News -
Scarpia
Evgeny Nikitin
Jan 24 – Feb 5
Evgeny Nikitin will mesmerize as Scarpia: “He schemes and snarls with his chilling bass-baritone.” New York Post -
Scarpia
Mark Delavan
Feb 27 – Mar 14
Mark Delavan: “With his half-divine, half-human voice, the range of emotions he can communicate appears limitless.” San Francisco Chronicle
