Scarpia, Rome’s chief of police, desires Tosca. Since her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, is among the government’s political enemies, Scarpia has him imprisoned. He orders Cavaradossi’s execution and hopes to force Tosca into granting him one night with her, in exchange for Cavaradossi’s release. She, however, thwarts his plans…

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Tosca

Staatsoper Hamburg

"It is a simple and tremendous problem of life: that of fidelity", is how Hugo von Hofmannsthal described the core of their third opera together, Ariadne auf Naxos, in a letter to Richard Strauss. To live does not mean to persevere and hold on to what has been lost. If you want to live, you have to let go, forget, get over yourself - constantly transform yourself. This is what a young opera composer experiences in this work when he is confronted with the stubborn wishes of his patron; just like the protagonist of his opera, Ariadne, who, abandoned by her lover, Theseus, expects only death. But things turn out differently... Strauss and Hofmannsthal let the opposites collide: Tragedy and comedy, light music and grand opera, playfulness and seriousness. Thus, in the mirroring of art and life, between gaze and gaze, the unfathomable mystery of transformation takes place.

Gregory Pelutis

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Oct 13, 2024 - May 28, 2025

Tosca · Staatsoper Hamburg

Jan 26 - Feb 16, 2025

Ariadne auf Naxos · Staatsoper Hamburg

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Oct 13, 2024 - May 28, 2025

Tosca · Staatsoper Hamburg

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Sciarrone in Tosca by Puccini

Staatsoper Hamburg

Perückenmacher in Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss

Staatsoper Hamburg

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