Harteros has added “Tosca” to her repertory only in recent years but now regularly sings the role, including in Mr. I asked them how they approached this familiar yet challenging role.Ī 46-year-old German soprano, Ms. And on this occasion, accompanied by Jonas Kaufmann and Marcelo Puente as Cavaradossi, and Zeljko Lucic and Luca Salsi as Scarpia, three renowned sopranos will sing Floria Tosca. On May 16, Pierre Audi’s production of “Tosca” returns to the Paris Opera, running through June 23.
But today, dramatic sopranos - those with the range and volume for the part - line up to sing a part, which, if all goes well, earns certain ovations at the final curtain. To see footage of Callas in the role is to understand that she was Floria Tosca: her fury when her artist lover, Mario Cavaradossi, paints a portrait of another woman her cries of “Muori!” (“Die!”) after knifing Rome’s police chief, Baron Scarpia or her unhesitating leap to her death from the Castel Sant’Angelo after Cavaradossi’s execution.ĭaring were those who competed with Callas in the role during her prime in the 1950s and 1960s. When Puccini created a tempestuous diva called Floria Tosca, however, he could hardly have imagined that the Greek-American soprano Maria Callas would someday turn his “Tosca” into one of the most popular operas. PARIS - Many 19th-century opera composers wrote roles to suit the voices and characters of their wives or mistresses.
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