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With Puccini’s richly romantic score, Tosca is one of the world’s most loved operas. The year is 1800 and Rome finds itself caught in the middle of a war between Napoleon and the Austrian empire – leading some to flee from the police. Spying, double-crossing, and torture have become the order of the day. Beloved opera singer, Floria Tosca would do anything to protect her lover, the painter Cavaradossi – a fact that the lustful police chief Scarpia is all too ready to exploit. When Cavaradossi is accused of harboring political prisoners, Scarpia implores Tosca to make an unthinkable decision. Little does he k now how fiercely she will fight to protect herself and those she loves. This heart-pounding new production is brought to life by stage director Jeffrey Buchman (Toledo Opera’s Carmen, 2018 and La Bohéme 2020).

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Tosca

Valentine Theatre

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Opera Outdoors

Wildwood Manor House

Just in time for Valentine’s Day and the 75th anniversary of its premiere, Toledo Opera presents South Pacific. Winner of 10 Tony Awards in 1950 including Best Musical and Best Original Score, South Pacific debuts to Toledo Opera audiences in a new production brought to life by conductor J. Ernest Green and stage director James M. Norman. Based on the anecdotes of a real-life U.S. Navy commander who was stationed on a island, South Pacific follows two intercultural love stories: Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with Emile, a French plantation owner on the island who has two children from his late Polynesian wife; at the same time, U.S. Lieutenant Cable falls for a beautiful island native named Liat. Both Americans find themselves struggling to reconcile their own cultural prejudices with their amorous feelings, all the while under the dark cloud of a war that is coming ever closer to their island paradise.

Robbie Raso

Baritone

Events

Upcoming events

14 - 16 Feb, 2025

South Pacific · Toledo Opera

Past events

18 - 20 Oct, 2024

Tosca · Toledo Opera

11 - 18 Sep, 2024

Opera Outdoors · Toledo Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cesare Angelotti/Jailer in Tosca by Puccini

Toledo Opera

Stewpot in South Pacific by Rodgers

Toledo Opera

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