Tosca

by Giacomo Pucchini
Music drama in three acts
Libretto after Victorien Sardou by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after Victorien Sardou

in Italian with German and English surtitles
While La Bohème consists only of poetry and not of action, it is said that with Tosca it is the other way around: only action, no poetry. Even the librettist Giuseppe Giacosa considered Sardou's original completely unsuitable for an opera. “What made Puccini come to terms with such a real and dealing with a brutal subject whose actors are little more than puppets entangled in a highly intelligent, cleverly designed plot? ”asked the music critic Mosco Carner. Maybe just that? For over 20 years Willy Decker's classic production of Puccini's Sex and Crime masterpiece has been a repertory perennial.
Location
Opernhaus
Duration
Act I: approx. 45 min
Intermission: approx. 30 min
Act II/III: approx. 1 h 10 min
First Performance
1900 in Rome

Premiere of this production
1998

Recommended age
from grade 8
There will be a german introduction 45 minutes before the performance at foyer I. floor.
Libretto
The complete text of the opera in english translation can be found here:
Jan 2025
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Mon
6
19:30 – 22:00
Opernhaus
First performance this season
8 / 22,50 / - / 52 / - / 89 / 108 / 128 / 152 €
Cast
Musikalische Leitung Alevtina Ioffe
Regie Willy Decker
Bühne und Kostüme Wolfgang Gussmann
Dramaturgie Juliane Votteler
Chor und Kinderchor Bernhard Moncado
Floria Tosca Olga Busuioc
Mario Cavaradossi Atalla Ayan
Baron Scarpia Lucio Gallo
Cesare Angelotti Jacobo Ochoa
Mesner Andrew Bogard
Spoletta Heinz Göhrig
Sciarrone Stephan Storck
Ein Schliesser Ulrich Frisch
Ein Hirt Eleonora Stamatelopoulou
Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Kinderchor der Staatsoper Stuttgart
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Sat
11
19:30 – 22:00
Opernhaus
8 / 22,50 / 38 / 52 / - / 89 / 108 / 128 / 152 €
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Sun
19
19:00 – 21:30
Opernhaus
8 / 22,50 / 38 / 52 / 69 / 89 / 108 / 128 / 152 €
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Fri
24
19:00 – 21:30
Opernhaus
8 / 22,50 / 38 / 52 / - / 89 / 108 / 128 / 152 €
https://www.staatsoperstuttgart.de Staatsoper Stuttgart Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Mon
27
19:30 – 22:00
Opernhaus
8 / 20,50 / 33 / 49 / 66 / 82 / 99 / 119 / 139 €