Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: Tosca
2025 · Directed by Oliver Mears · Starring Aleksandra Kurzak, Saimir Pirgu, Christopher Maltman · Music · 210 min
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?