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| 1900 Tosca poster |
The Travelling Toe and 2 Dear Friends attended the Saturday noon performance of "Tosca", which was beamed live from The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, to movie theaters around the world. We saw the opera at a local Cine-mark Theater in Fort Worth.
"Tosca", was written by Giacomo Puccini. The opera, a tragedy, is 3 acts and is sung in Italian. It premiered on January 14,1900, at Teatro Costanzi in Rome. In 1901, "Tosca" premiered at the Met.
The Metropolitan Opera web site provided this short overview of the opera:
Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist has offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century. Critics, for their part, have often had problems with Tosca’s rather grungy subject matter, the directness and intensity of its score, and the crowd-pleasing dramatic opportunities it provides for its lead roles. But these same aspects have also made Toscaone of a handful of iconic works that seem to represent opera in the public imagination.
Additionally, there is a more expanded overview of each of the opera's three acts on The Met's web site.
What a wonderful performance! All the performers were excellent in their roles as well as the support cast. What makes seeing an opera beamed live from The Met, is that audience members are treated to interviews with the cast, the conductor, and the chorus master. Plus one gets to see all the intrigue with the back stage crew as sets are being changed and
set-up.
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