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Welcome to the Royal Opera House, | 0:00:20 | 0:00:21 | |
where the stage is almost set | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
for one of opera's most popular | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
and certainly most chilling masterpieces, | 0:00:25 | 0:00:29 | |
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
Tosca is pure melodrama, a thriller. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
It has it all, religion, | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
politics, betrayal, | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
murder, execution, suicide. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
For this performance, | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
we've assembled a dream cast. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:52 | |
The rehearsals have been very intense, but also a lot of fun, | 0:00:52 | 0:00:57 | |
and we're so much looking forward to this. | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
The opera is named after the diva Floria Tosca, | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
in our production performed by the Romanian soprano | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
Angela Gheorghiu. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
Tosca is one of my favourite roles, | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
because I am playing myself. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
Even if you only hear the music, it's like a soundtrack of a movie. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:29 | |
Puccini, with Tosca, | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
he did a masterpiece. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
Tosca is in love with the painter | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
Mario Cavaradossi, | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
one of Puccini's great tenor roles, | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
sung by Jonas Kaufmann. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
Even though the opera is called Tosca, | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
the things I have to sing there, | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
the two arias, the two duets, | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
are just so beautifully written, | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
you just don't fake the emotions, but you really feel it. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
The third side of the triangle | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
is one of opera's genuinely evil characters, | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
the Chief of Police Baron Scarpia, | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
played by the Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
The role of Scarpia for me has that twinge of danger. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
What do I do? | 0:02:27 | 0:02:28 | |
Do I stride in purposefully? | 0:02:28 | 0:02:32 | |
Do I have a mean, horrible face? | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
No, it's all in the music. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
The other star of the opera is Rome, | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
the Eternal City. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:56 | |
Each of Tosca's three Acts | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
is set in an iconic Roman landmark. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
The action takes place in less than 24 hours, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:06 | |
mid morning to dawn on a real day in history, | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
the 17th of June, 1800, | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
when news reached Rome | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
of the defeat of Napoleon's forces | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
at the battle of Marengo. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
The opera opens in the magnificent | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
16th century church of Sant'Andrea della Valle, | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
where Tosca and Cavaradossi meet | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
and a chain of events unfolds | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
which ultimately leads to tragedy. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
So this is it, | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
the beginning of Tosca. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
One of the great openings | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
in all music, actually. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
Three very, very simple | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
but iconic chords | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
that speak of Rome, | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
speak of oppression, | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
power, lust, everything. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:58 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:04:10 | 0:04:15 | |
DISTANT BELL TOLLS | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:13:07 | 0:13:13 | |
TOSCA FROM OFFSTAGE | 0:15:42 | 0:15:43 | |
DISTANT BLAST | 0:32:52 | 0:32:54 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:51:04 | 0:51:09 | |
HE RINGS BELL | 0:52:26 | 0:52:28 | |
TOSCA SINGS CANTATA OFFSTAGE | 0:57:23 | 0:57:26 | |
DISTANT GROAN | 1:05:57 | 1:06:00 | |
MAN WAILS | 1:10:27 | 1:10:31 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:23:44 | 1:23:47 | |
KNOCKING | 1:25:42 | 1:25:43 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:35:38 | 1:35:44 | |
APPLAUSE | 2:04:41 | 2:04:47 | |
This is exciting stuff. | 2:06:20 | 2:06:22 | |
Really...intense show. | 2:06:22 | 2:06:27 | |
An amazing, amazing intensity | 2:06:27 | 2:06:31 | |
from everyone, actually. To the very, very end. | 2:06:31 | 2:06:34 | |
And they all died. | 2:06:36 | 2:06:38 | |
Successfully. | 2:06:38 | 2:06:40 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 2:07:43 | 2:07:45 | |
E-mail [email protected] | 2:07:45 | 2:07:47 |