Met Live in HD: Tosca

Sung in: Italian
Approximate Run Time: 3 hours and 28 minutes with two intermissions

Pre-opera lecturer: Tim Snider – Attorney and host of WTJU’s Sunday Opera Matinee

Extraordinary Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate title diva in David McVicar’s thrilling production, transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas on November 23. British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso makes his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and powerhouse American baritone Quinn Kelsey is the sadistic chief of police Scarpia. Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies.