The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

About the Event

Experience opera like never before in this astonishing performance of masterworks by Puccini at New York's remarkable Metropolitan Opera House.

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini was an Italian opera composer of the late 19th century. He was considered one of the greatest composers of the Italian Opera, second only to Verdi. His early works were characterised by features of the traditional 19th century romantic Italian opera. Later, his style developed into the realistic verismo style, which inspired him to write his most famous masterpieces and became one of the leading exponents of the style. His most renowned works La bohème 1896, Tosca 1900, Madama Butterfly 1904, and Turandot 1924, all are popular operas played in the most prestigious venues of the classical world.

Tosca

'Tosca' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, based on Victorien Sardou’s melodramatic play 'La Tosca' (1887). The plot centers on political and romantic intrigues in Rome in 1800. Despite the fact that several of Puccini’s colleagues advised him against adapting the play, the composer acquired the rights and created an opera that has been an audience favourite since its premiere in Rome in 1900.