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- Approximate runtime: 3h 15min / 195min, Two IntervalsSung in Italian with English subtitles.Cast:Floria Tosca ALEKSANDRA KURZAKMario Cavaradossi SAIMIR PIRGUBaron Scarpia CHRISTOPHER MALTMANSpoletta ALED HALLCesare Angelotti PAWE? HORODYSKISacristan JONATHAN LEMALUSciarrone SAM HIRDCreatives:Music GIACOMO PUCCINIConductor DANIEL ORENDirector OLIVER MEARSSet Designer SIMON LIMA HOLDSWORTHCostume Designer ILONA KARASLighting Designer FABIANA PICCIOLIMovement Director ANNA MORRISSEYSynopsis: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?Oliver Mears’s acclaimed production returns, setting Puccini’s operatic thriller in a contemporary, war-torn Rome. Daniel Oren conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, who returns to the title role, joined by Saimir Pirgu as Cavaradossi and Christopher Maltman as Baron Scarpia.