Tosca at Salzburg Easter Festival 2018

Superstar Anja Harteros excels in the title role of Michael Sturminger’s cinematic staging of Puccini’s Tosca, the centrepiece of Salzburg Easter Festival.

Superstar Anja Harteros excels in the title role of Michael Sturminger’s cinematic staging of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, the centrepiece of Salzburg Easter Festival. Aleksandrs Antoņenko compellingly portrays Cavaradossi,
while Ludovic Tézier is a thrillingly malevolent Scarpia. Christian Thielemann leads the Staatskapelle Dresden. How German Anja Harteros lays bare Floria Tosca’s heart, how she differentiates the nuances of Tosca’s feelings “is unparalleled in the world” (Der Standard).

A police van in a bleak underground car park, flashing blue lights, gun shots being fired: With his gripping opening scene, stage director Michael Sturminger sets the tone for a cinematic, richly detailed “Tosca” which is set in the Mafiosi world of modern day Rome and which is “the perfect thriller … reminiscent of Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’” (Kleine Zeitung), a “film noir” (FAZ).

Original title Tosca at Salzburg Easter Festival 2018
Genre Opera
Recording location Salzburg Easter Festival 2018
Duration 122 mins
Production Company UNITEL in co-production with ORF, 3sat and NHK, in cooperation with Osterfestspiele Salzburg
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Orchestra / Band Staatskapelle Dresden
Choir Salzburger Bachchor, Salzburger Festspiele, Theater Kinderchor
Stage Director Michael Sturminger
Soloist Anja Harteros, Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Ludovic Tézier, Andrea Mastroni
Video format shot in 4k