A diva, a rebel, and a psychopath walk into a church. Nobody leaves happy.
Extraordinary soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the volatile diva Floria Tosca for the first time at the Met. David McVicar’s thrilling production also features tenor Freddie De Tommaso in his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and powerhouse baritone Quinn Kelsey as the sadistic chief of police Scarpia. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Acting
Davidsen's volcanic debut as opera's most jealous diva
Direction
McVicar's staging makes Catholic guilt viscerally terrifying
Score
Puccini's melodies that lodge in your skull for days
Director
Xian Zhang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Puccini fought the Vatican over the Act I 'Te Deum'—they called it sacrilegious to set a torture negotiation to sacred music. He won.
Davidsen trained as a Wagnerian soprano; her Tosca marks a deliberate pivot to Italian repertoire that opera nerds have been screaming about for years.
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