Vanessa Goikoetxea; Piero Pretti; Alexey Markov; Gabriele Sagona; Matteo Torcaso; Oronzo D'Urso; Dario Giorgele; Cesare Filiberto Tenuta; Spartaco Scaffei; Coro di voci bianche dell'Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Lorenzo Fratini; Sara Matte - Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

This new production of Tosca from Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is set in the late 1920s. Puccini's 'Roman Opera' sees a city bathed in majesty but also curdled by eroticism and sadism, where sartorial elegance and pathological violence co-exist. Taking visual clues from Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematic masterpiece, Il conformista, the cast is led by the passionate Vanessa Goikoetxea and features the magnetic Alexey Markov in the role of Scarpia. Daniele Gatti directs a performance praised for its 'courageous and surprising' impact.