Trieste, Tosca goes on stage at the Verdi Theater, starring Maria José Siri under the direction of Hugo de Ana

Back to Verdi Theater of Trieste one of the most represented and most loved works by the public all over the world, Tosca of Giacomo Puccini. It will be on stage from 4 to 12 March 2022 in the new staging signed by Hugo de Ana - who takes care of direction, sets and costumes - for Municipal Theater of Bologna, where he opened the 2022 Opera Season.

On the podium, Christopher Franklin, born in San Francisco but Lucchese by adoption, and frequent guest of Verdi, where he conducted numerous titles. Choir Master is Paolo Longo, while “I Piccoli cantori della Città di Trieste” are directed by the Maestro Cristina Semeraro. Lights of Valerio Alfieri. Orchestra, Chorus and Technicians of the Giuseppe Verdi Opera Theater Foundation of Trieste.

Floria Tosca will be played by Maria José Siri (4, 6, 8 March) and Kristina Kolar (5, 10, 12), Mario Cavaradossi will be Mikheil Sheshaberidze (4, 6, 8, 10) and Raffaele Abete (5, 12). Baron Scarpia will be Alfredo Daza (4, 6, 8, 12) and Stefano Meo (5, 12). Cesare Angelotti will have the voice of Cristian Saitta, The sexton that of Dario Giorgelè, Spoletta will be Motoharu Takei, Sciarrone Min Kim, a jailer Giuliano Pelizon, while in the role of the shepherd they will alternate Isabella Bisacchi is Maria Vittoria Capaldo.

Maria José Siri, among the greatest sopranos today, he consecrated his international fame in particular to the inauguration of the 2016/17 season of the Teatro alla Scala, in the role of Madama Butterfly conducted by Riccardo Chailly. Other Puccini characters in his repertoire include Manon Lescaut, Tosca and Suor Angelica; Giorgetta in Il tabarro and Anna in Le villi.

Mikheil Sheshaberidze he received great acclaim from the public and critics playing the role of Cavaradossi last January, at the debut of Puccini's new staging at the Comunale of Bologna, directed by Daniel Oren. Among his upcoming engagements, Turandot at the Teatro Regio di and Don Carlo at the Taipei opera.

Alfredo Daza he has performed more than 50 opera roles in major international theaters and festivals, including Washington National Opera, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Detroit, Canadian Opera Company, New York City Opera and others.

At the Lirico di Trieste Tosca was staged for the first time in 1903, three years after first ever occurred in Rome at the Costanzi Theater on January 14, 1900. The work, taken from the play of the same name by Victorien Sardou led to success by Sarah Bernhardt, then returned many times to the Julian stage, the most recent in 2017, for a total of 121 performances.

On the occasion of Tosca, the "Prolusion at work", The meetings with the public for the presentation of the titles of the billboard, a moment to deepen the shows, with the first event, with free admission, scheduled for Tuesday March 1st at 18, al Reduced by Verdi, edited by Gianni Gori.

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(Above, a moment of the show, photocredit Andrea Ranzi, below Puccini in 1900, the year of Tosca's debut)