Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

Melodrama in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
after Victorien Sardou

From 3. October 2021 until 17. October 2021

  • Duration :
    2 H. 30 Min. Inkl. Pause after 1st part after approx. 55 Min.
  • Language:
    In Italian with German and English surtitles.
  • More information:
    Introduction 45 min before the performance.

Music Direction:
Paolo Carignani

Paolo Carignani

Paolo Carignani wurde in Mailand geboren. Er studierte am dortigen Giuseppe Verdi-Konservatorium Komposition, Orgel und Klavier, später Dirigieren bei Alceo Galliera. Seine Engagements haben ihn an zahlreiche italienische Opernhäuser geführt sowie u. a. an die Staatsopern in Wien, Berlin und München, die Deutsche Oper Berlin, die Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, das Royal Opera House in London, die Opéra Bastille in Paris, das Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, die Metropolitan Opera in New York und das Amsterdamer Concertgebouw, ausserdem nach Oslo, Brüssel, Antwerpen, Glyndebourne, Salzburg und Spoleto, zum Schleswig-Holstein und zum Rheingau Musik Festival sowie zum Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. Im Konzertbereich dirigierte er u.a. die Münchner Philharmoniker, die Symphonieorchester des NDR, WDR und ORF, die Göteborger Symphoniker, das Detroit Symphony Orchestra und das Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. Von 1999 bis 2008 war Paolo Carignani Generalmusikdirektor der Oper Frankfurt und künstlerischer Leiter des Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchesters. 2018/19 gab er sein Debüt an der Scala in Mailand mit Ali Baba e i 40 ladroni sowie am Bolschoi in Moskau mit Un ballo in maschera. In der Spielzeit 2020/21 dirigierte er am Maggio Musicale in Florenz Nabucco, am Royal Danish Opera House Simon Boccanegra sowie Don Carlo am Bolschoi in Moskau. 2021/22 übernahm er ausserdem die musikalische Leitung von u.a. Tosca und Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci am Opernhaus Zürich, von La bohème und Un ballo in maschera an der Royal Danish Opera und von Nabucco an der Wiener Staatsoper.

Director:
Robert Carsen

Robert Carsen

Robert Carsen, geboren in Kanada, absolvierte eine Ausbildung als Schauspieler an der York University in Toronto und an der Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Erste Erfolge als Regisseur hatte er Mitte der achtziger Jahre an den Opernhäusern in Genf und Paris, wo Intendant Hugues Gall ihn förderte. International Furore machten Anfang der neunziger Jahre seine Puccini- und Janáček-Zyklen in Antwerpen. Es folgten Arbeiten an allen grossen Bühnen der Welt. Seine Opernproduktionen umfassen Dialogues des Carmélites (Amsterdam, La Scala, Royal Opera, u.a.), Manon Lescaut (Wiener Staatsoper), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Aix), Rusalka, Tannhäuser u.a. (Paris), Don Giovanni (Mailand), Falstaff, Der Rosenkavalier (Royal Opera, MET u.a.), The Turn of the Screw, Agrippina, Wozzeck u.a. (Theater an der Wien), Rinaldo, L’incoronazione di Poppea (Glyndebourne), La traviata (Venedig), Der Ring des Nibelungen (Köln, Barcelona, u.a.), Siegfried und Idomeneo (Madrid), Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (Salzburger Festspiele), Die tote Stadt (Komische Oper Berlin) sowie Oceane von Detlef Glanert (Deutsche Oper Berlin). Zudem inszeniert er Theater und Musicals: My Fair Lady, Singin’ in the Rain (Théâtre du Châtelet, Mariinsky Theatre, Chicago u.a.) und wirkte als Kurator und Szenograph für Ausstellungen u.a. im Grand Palais und im Musée d’Orsay, an der Royal Academy of Arts sowie am Art Institute of Chicago. Er ist Officier des Arts et des Lettres und Officer of the Order of Canada. Zudem erhielt er zahlreiche Preise, zuletzt den International Opera Award 2021 als «Bester Regisseur». In Zürich inszenierte er Lucia di Lammermoor, Tosca, Semele, Pique Dame, Hänsel und Gretel und Arabella.

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Stage and costume design:
Anthony Ward
Associate set designer:
Alexander Lowde
Lighting designer:
Davy Cunningham
Chorus Master:
Ernst Raffelsberger

Ernst Raffelsberger

Ernst Raffelsberger stammt aus Gmunden, Oberösterreich. Er studierte Musikpädagogik und Kirchenmusik an der Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien (Chorleitung bei Prof. Erwin Ortner) und anschliessend Chordirigieren am Salzburger Mozarteum bei Prof. Walter Hagen-Groll. Von 1983 bis 1986 war er Kapellmeister der Wiener Sängerknaben. In dieser Zeit leitete er das Ensemble in Wien und auf Tourneen durch Europa, Südafrika, Kanada und die USA. Ab 1986 war Ernst Raffelsberger Chordirektor und Kapellmeister am Landestheater Salzburg (Mitwirkung bei der Salzburger Mozartwoche und den Salzburger Festspielen). 1989 wurde er von Donald Runnicles als Chordirektor und Kapellmeister an das Theater in Freiburg/Breisgau berufen. Seit Herbst 1993 ist Ernst Raffelsberger am Opernhaus Zürich als Chordirektor engagiert. Hier hat er inzwischen über 100 Premieren betreut und mit vielen namhaften Dirigenten wie Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohnányi, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Daniele Gatti, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Zubin Mehta und Franz Welser-Möst zusammengearbeitet. Gastspiele mit dem Opernhaus Zürich führten ihn nach Wien, London, Paris und Tokio. Zahlreiche CD- und DVD-Aufnahmen dokumentieren diese Arbeit. Im Sommer 2012 begann zusätzlich seine Tätigkeit als Chordirektor der Salzburger Festspiele. Er ist dort für die Produktionen der Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor verantwortlich. In seiner ersten Festspielsaison kam es u. a. zu einer erfolgreichen Zusammenarbeit mit Riccardo Muti und Sir Simon Rattle.

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Cast


Floria Tosca Sonya Yoncheva


Mario Cavaradossi Joseph Calleja


Baron Scarpia Thomas Johannes Mayer


Cesare Angelotti Stanislav Vorobyov


Mesner Valeriy Murga


Spoletta Martin Zysset


Un carceriere Benjamin Molonfalean

Sonya Yoncheva

Sonya Yoncheva comes from Bulgaria and studied piano and singing in her hometown Plovdiv as well as at the Conservatoire de Genève. Among her numerous international awards is the first prize at Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition, which she won in 2010. Her diverse repertoire includes roles from the Baroque era as well as operas by Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini. In a short time, Sonya Yoncheva secured a permanent place on the world’s most important stages such as the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Royal Opera House London, the Bavarian State Opera Munich, the State Operas in Berlin and Vienna, as well as the Opéra de Paris. She sang Gilda (Rigoletto), Tosca, Luisa Miller, and Mimì (La bohème) at the Metropolitan Opera, Violetta (La traviata) at the Berlin State Opera, the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, in Monte Carlo, and at the Bavarian State Opera Munich, Mimì at La Scala in Milan, Marguerite (Faust) at the Vienna State Opera, the Baden-Baden Festival House, and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, as well as Norma and Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) also at the ROH London. Highlights of recent years include Poppea in L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Salzburg Festival, the title role of Médée and Tosca at the Berlin State Opera, Desdemona (Otello) and Iolanta at the Met in New York, and Imogene (Il pirata) at the Teatro Real de Madrid. In 2020, she performed in the concert A riveder le stelle at La Scala in Milan alongside numerous renowned artists. In the 2020/21 season, she gave gala concerts and recitals in New York, Valencia, Madrid, Paris, Baden-Baden, Munich, and Salzburg, and in the summer of 2021 she sang Violetta in the Arena di Verona.

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Joseph Calleja

Joseph Calleja wurde auf Malta geboren, wo er auch seine Gesangsausbildung absolvierte. Sein Debüt gab er 1997 am dortigen Astra Theatre als Macduff (Macbeth) und sang im selben Jahr Leicester (Maria Stuarda) an der Nationalen Reisopera in Holland. Ebenfalls 1997 war er Preisträger des Belvedere-Gesangswettbewerbs, ein Jahr später gewann er den Caruso-Wettbewerb und danach Placido Domingos Operalia. Mittlerweile gilt er als einer der wichtigsten Tenöre seiner Generation. Gastengagements führten ihn u.a. ans Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, an die Staatsopern in Wien, München, Hamburg und Dresden, an die Lyric Opera Chicago, zu den Salzburger Festspielen und an die Festivals in Spoleto und Pesaro. An der Met, wo er regelmässig gastiert, war er zuletzt in der Titelpartie von Faust, als Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca) und Rodolfo (La bohème) sowie in einem Konzert zusammen mit Diana Damrau zu erleben. Jüngst sang er ausserdem an der Staatsoper Hamburg Rodolfo (Luisa Miller), an der Deutschen Oper Berlin Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood (Lucia di Lammermoor), an der Bayerischen Staatsoper Don José (Carmen), an der Wiener Staatsoper den Herzog von Mantua (Rigoletto) und Cavaradossi, eine Partie mit der er zudem beim Festival d’Aix en Provence und in Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona gastierte. Liederabende und Konzerte führten ihn 2020/21 an die Opera Australia in Sydney, ans Opera Naples Festival in Florida und an die Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Thomas Johannes Mayer

Thomas Johannes Mayer absolvierte seine Gesangsausbildung an der Kölner Musikhochschule bei Liselotte Hammes und Kurt Moll. Nach einem vielbeachteten Don Giovanni am Theater Basel sang er 2004 seinen ersten Wotan (Der Ring des Nibelungen) in Karlsruhe – eine Partie, die er seither an den grossen internationalen Opernhäusern verkörperte: De Nederlands Opera Amsterdam, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berliner Staatsoper unter den Linden, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Opéra National de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayreuther Festspiele und in Tokio. Zu seinem Repertoire gehören nicht nur die grossen Wagner- und Strausspartien wie Barak (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Jochanaan, Mandryka (Arabella), Amfortas (Parsifal), Telramund (Lohengrin), und die Titelrolle in Der fliegende Holländer, sondern auch Partien des italienischen Fachs sowie Moses in Schönbergs Moses und Aron, Thoas in Glucks Iphigénie en Tauride, Mizguir in Rimski-Korsakows Schneeflöckchen und die Titelpartie in Alban Bergs Wozzeck. In der Spielzeit 2020/21 sang er Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde) bei den Weinviertler Festspielen in Tschechien, Don Pizarro (Fidelio) an der Oper Kopenhagen, Telramund und den Holländer an der Deutschen Oper Berlin sowie Jochanaan (Salome) am Bolschoi Theater in Moskau.

Stanislav Vorobyov

Stanislav Vorobyov is a native of Russia and studied at the Moscow Conservatory. He was a member of the International Opera Studio and has been part of the ensemble at Zurich Opera House since the 2018/19 season. In Zurich, he has appeared in roles such as Colline (“La bohème”), Alidoro (“La Cenerentola”), High Priest (“Nabucco”), Notary (“Der Rosenkavalier”), Reinmar von Zweter (“Tannhäuser”), Faust (“The Fiery Angel”), Zaretsky (“Eugene Onegin”), Cesare Angelotti (“Tosca”), Fifth Jew and First Nazarene (“Salome”), Lord Rochefort (“Anna Bolena”), Doctor Grenvil (“La traviata”), Crébillon (“La rondine”), and Zuniga (“Carmen”), as well as Roberto (“I vespri siciliani”), Roucher (“Andrea Chénier”), and the Police Commissioner (“Der Rosenkavalier”). He also sang Don Basilio (“Il barbiere di Siviglia”) at the Bregenz Festival, Nourabad (“Les Pêcheurs de perles”) at Opera Vlaanderen and in Luxembourg, and Ombra di Nino (“Semiramide”) at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. At the Bregenz Festival, he also appeared as Uncle Bonzo in “Madama Butterfly” and as Il capitano/L’ispettore in Umberto Giordano’s “Siberia.” In 2024, he was additionally heard as Colline (“La bohème”) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre and ROHM Theatre Kyoto.

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Valeriy Murga

Valeriy Murga studied at the Ukrainian National Music Academy in Kyiv. He was a finalist both at the 41st Concours International de Chant in Toulouse in 1996 and at the 7th Julian Gayarre Competition in Pamplona in 1998. In 1997, he won second prize at the Maria Callas Grand Prix in Athens and was able to take part in the Cardiff Singer of the World competition (BBC) in 1999. From 1997 to 1999, he was a soloist at the Ukrainian National Opera in Kyiv, where he performed roles including Figaro, Don Giovanni, Germont, Escamillo, Onegin, Prince Igor, and Schaunard. His repertoire also includes roles such as Marchese di Posa ("Don Carlo") and Shaklovity ("Khovanshchina").

At Zurich Opera House, Valeriy Murga appeared as a member of the IOS in productions such as Tosca (Sciarrone, Jailer) and Rigoletto (Monterone). Since the beginning of the 2000/01 season, he has been a permanent member of the ensemble and has performed in The Queen of Spades (Yeletsky), Carmen (Moralès), Salome (Second Soldier), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Fiorello/Officer), La sonnambula (Alessio), Rigoletto (Marullo and Monterone), L’italiana in Algeri (Ali), Faust (Wagner), as well as in family operas such as The Canterville Ghost (Dr. Bürkli), Robin Hood (Little John), The Enchanted Pig (Pig), and Jim Button (Half-Dragon/Grand Bonze Pi Pa Po).

He appeared in Tiefland at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and in L’italiana in Algeri at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden. Most recently in Zurich, he has been seen in The Odyssey (Eurylochus), Dialogues des Carmélites (The Jailer), La bohème (Doctor Grenvil), Alice in Wonderland (Dormouse/Tweedledum), La rondine (Butler), and The Merry Widow (Bogdanowitsch).

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Martin Zysset

Martin Zysset was born and raised in Solothurn. He trained in clarinet and simultaneously completed vocal studies, which he complemented with masterclasses by Ernst Haefliger and Edith Mathis. In 1990/91 he was a member of the International Opera Studio (IOS) and in the same year received a scholarship from the Migros Cooperative Union as well as an award at the Pro Arte Lyrica competition in Lausanne. Since 1992, he has been a regular guest at the Summer Festival in Selzach. He has been engaged at the Opernhaus Zürich since the 1991/92 season, where he developed a broad repertoire ranging from buffo to dramatic roles, including Pedrillo, Monostatos, Spoletta, Incredibile (Andrea Chénier), Jaquino, Kudrjasch (Katja Kabanowa), Cassio, Peppe, Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Spalanzani, Tamino, Tybalt, Dancaïro, Arturo, Knusperhexe, Brighella, as well as the male lead in Udo Zimmermann’s Weisse Rose. He achieved great success portraying the title role Simplicius in the rediscovered operetta by Johann Strauss, which was also released on CD and DVD. Guest performances took him throughout Europe, to Shanghai, and with productions of Die Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro, Fidelio, and Tannhäuser (Walter) to San Diego. He recorded Lehár’s operetta Paganini for Bavarian Radio. Most recently at the Opernhaus Zürich, he sang roles including Don Basilio (Le nozze di Figaro), Tschekalinski (Pique Dame), Triquet (Jewgeni Onegin), the Chief Eunuch (Land des Lächelns), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Spoletta (Tosca), Dormont (La scala di seta), the White Minister (Le Grand Macabre), the Devil/Narrator (Die Geschichte vom Soldaten), the Third Jew (Salome), Schmidt (Werther), and Feri (Die Csárdásfürstin).

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Benjamin Molonfalean

Benjamin Avram Molonfalean, Bassbariton, wurde in Rumänien geboren. Sein Musikstudium schloss er an der Königlich Dänischen Musikakademie in Kopenhagen ab. Während seines Studiums sang er u.a. den Förster in Janáčeks Das schlaue Füchslein und die Titelpartie in Le nozze di Figaro. 2015 nahm Benjamin Molonfalean an Meisterkursen von Constance Fee und Gabor Bretz am Crescendo Summer Institute in Tokaj (Ungarn) teil. 2017 debütierte er an der Århus Sommeropera in der Oper Darwin von Niels Marthinsen. 2018 sang er in Rossinis Petite Messe solennelle in der Domkirche in Maribo (Dänemark) sowie 2019 die Titelrolle in Don Pasquale an der Opera Prima in Wien. Seit der Spielzeit 2021/22 ist er Mitglied des Internationalen Opernstudios Zürich und war hier bisher in Tosca, Le Comte Ory und in Dialogues des Carmélites zu erleben.

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Synopsis

Act One
Interior of the Church of Sant' Andrea della Valle

Cesare Angelotti, a political prisoner who has just escaped from the Castel Sant’ Angelo, furtively enters the church to hide in the private chapel of his sister, the Marchesa Attavanti. The sacristan enters and is surprised to see that the painter, Mario Cavaradossi is not at work. Cavaradossi arri­ves and attempts to resume his work - a painting of a blonde blue-eyed Mary Magdalen, inspired by the Marchesa Attavanti, whom he has seen praying in the church lately. Cavaradossi compares the dark beauty of his beloved Floria Tosca, the most celebrated Prima Donna of her day, with the fair Magdalen.
The sacristan leaves. Angelotti, believing the church to be empty
, steps from his hiding place and is discovered. He is relieved to recognize Cavaradossi, who agrees to help him. Suddenly Tosca’s voice is heard, and Angelotti hides once again. The jealous diva enters, convinced that Cavara­dossi was with another woman. Preoccupied with Angelotti, Cavaradossi quiets her suspicions, and they plan a rendez-vous later that evening. As she is about to leave, Tosca sees the painting, and jealously recognizes the Marchesa Attavanti. Cavaradossi persuades her that his model is sim­ply an unknown worshipper, and they part.
Angelotti emerges just as a cannon shot signals the discovery of his escape. Cavaradossi offers to hide him in his nearby villa, and the two men flee together. The sacristan returns, accompanied by members of the choir. All are excited by the latest news: Napoleon has been crushed at Marengo. There is to be a victory celebration that evening at the Farnese Palace, where the choir will sing a new cantata, with Floria Tosca as soloist.
Suddenly, Baron Scarpia, chief of the Roman police, enters. He and his agent Spoletta have traced Angelotti to the church. After questioning the sacristan, Scarpia surmises that Cavaradossi, a sus­pected Republican sympathizer, has aided the fugitive’s escape. Tosca returns to tell Cavaradossi that she cannot join him later. Scarpia, who desires her, seizes the opportunity to arouse Tosca’s jealousy, and to discover Angelotti’s hiding place. He shows her a fan he has found bearing the Attavanti crest. She is consumed with jealousy and leaves to confront her lover, with Scarpia’s spies following her. Scarpia gloats over the impending realization of his double goal - Cavaradossi on the gallows and Tosca in his arms. Swept up in his vision, he declares that Tosca has made him forget God.

Act Two
Scarpia's apartment in the Farnese Palace

Scarpia is dining in his apartment, savouring the prospect of satisfying his desire for Tosca. He knows that she is singing before the Queen of Napels in another part of the Palace, and sends a note asking to see her. Spoletta enters and reluctantly reports that he followed Tosca to Cavaradossi’s villa, but could not find Angelotti. He quickly adds that he did find Cavaradossi, and has brought him for que­stioning. The painter denies any knowledge of the escaped prisoner, and Scarpia orders him tortured. Tosca arrives and Cavaradossi manages to warn her to say nothing before he is taken into an adjoi­ning room. Tosca skillfully evades Scarpia’s questions until her lover’s cries of pain are heard. Tosca pleads for Cavaradossi. Unable to bear such agony, she reveals Angelotti s hiding place. Cavaradossi is brought out and denounces Tosca for her betrayal. Sciarrone, another of Scarpia’s agents, enters to report a reversal at Marengo - Napoleon has won. Cavaradossi shouts his elation in defiance of Scarpia, and is taken away. Left alone with Scarpia, Tosca attempts to offer him money in exchange for her lover’s life. Scarpia names his price: Tosca herself. Her hatred only intensified his desire. Scarpia persists, and Tosca finally agrees to submit to him in exchange for her lover’s life. Scarpia explains that he cannot simply free Cavaradossi; a mock execution must be staged. Tosca demands that Scarpia write a safe-conduct letter for Cavaradossi and herself. When Scarpia finishes, he advan­ces to claim his prize. Instead Tosca stabs him to death ... She departs at the sound of a distant drum-roll.

Act Three
Ramparts of the Castel Sant'Angelo

Cavaradossi awaits his execution. Musing sadly on Tosca’s beauty and their love he writes her his farewell. She enters and tells him of their safe-conduct letter and of Scarpia’s death, explaining the need for the mock execution. The firing squad approaches. The soldiers fire and Cavaradossi falls. Tosca waits impatiently as the soldiers leave, and then runs to him. To her horror, she sees that he is dead and realizes that she has been tricked. Scarpia’s agents attempt to arrest her, but before they can reach her, she leaps to her death, crying: Scarpia, we will meet before God!