Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Houston Grand Opera
Tosca - Puccini New Production!
Jan 22 | Jan 30 | Feb 3 | Feb 5 | Feb 7
7:30 PM
2:00 PM
Brown Theater
Sung in Italian with English Supertitles
Performance Timing: 2 hours, 40 minutes including 2 intermissions
Renowned soprano Patricia Racette makes her role debut as the passionate Floria Tosca in Puccini's timeless drama. Tenor Alexey Dolgov is the painter Mario Cavaradossi, whom Tosca adores and Raymond Aceto sings the menacing Baron Scarpia who will stop at nothing to destroy the object of Tosca's affections. Created especially for Houston Grand Opera, this new production by John Caird features classic sets and costumes designed by Bunny Christie in the style of nineteenth-century Rome. Past recipient of the 2008 Stars of Australia Award, Patrick Summers conducts.
"You would have to catch the Metropolitan Opera on an awfully good night to hear the nuances and finesse Patrick Summers consistently coaxed out of the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra." - The Dallas Morning News
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