AHIR vaig anar a... veure l'òpera Tosca al Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona.
Yestarday I went to see Tosca (opera) at Gran teatre del Liceu of Barcelona.
Tosca, llibret de Giuseppe Giacosa i Luigi Illica, i música de Giacomo Puccini, és un melodrama de passions en tres actes. 'Tosca', libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica and music by Giacomo Puccini, is a melodrama in three passional acts.
Els seus apassionats protagonistes es mouen en un tens ambient polític que respon a uns fets i a uns moments històrics de la Roma del 1800 (les invasions napoleòniques a Itàlia). En l’òpera, l’excònsol de la República, Angelotti, fugitiu de la presó del Castel Sant’Angelo, s’amaga a la capella familiar de Sant’Andrea della Valle, i és protegit pel seu amic, el pintor Mario Cavaradossi. Events that took place in Rome in 1800 (the advance of Napoleon's armies in Italy) gave rise to the climate of political tension that forms the backcloth to the passionate protagonists' actions, decisively shaping the plot and triggering the fatal denouement. In the opera, Angelotti is a former Consul of the Republic who has escaped from detention in the Castel Sant’Angelo. He takes refuge in a private chapel in the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, where he is assisted by his friend the painter Mario Cavaradossi.
La presència de la seva amant, la gran cantant Floria Tosca, i les sospites sobre el fugitiu, hi porten el cruel cap de la nova policia romana, Scarpia. Aquest fa detenir i interrogar sota tortura el pintor als seus apartaments del Palazzo Farnese. Tosca demana clemència, però incapaç de resistir l’horror acaba confessant i Scarpia li promet salvar la vida del seu amant amb un afusellament simulat si cedeix als seus desigs sexuals. Scarpia, Rome's cruel new Chief of Police, comes to the church in search of Angelotti. Soon Cavaradossi's mistress, the great singer Floria Tosca, also arrives. Scarpia arrests Cavaradossi and interrogates him under torture in his apartments at the Palazzo Farnese. Tosca begs Scarpia to spare her lover and, unable to bear the horror of his sufferings, discloses Angelotti's whereabouts. Scarpia promises that, if she gives herself to him, he will save Cavaradossi's life by ordering a mock execution.
Tosca, enfollida per l’odi, assassina Scarpia d’una ganivetada. Quan arriba a la torre de Sant’Angelo, on s’ha de produir l’execució, adverteix l’amant de l’estratègia pactada, però l’escamot dispara de debò. Tosca s’adona del cruel engany i quan van a detenir-la es llança al buit. Tosca, in a frenzy of hatred, stabs Scarpia to death and, on reaching the Castel Sant’Angelo, where Cavaradossi is to be shot, tells him of her pact with Scarpia. However the mock execution turns out to be a real one. Realizing she has been tricked, Tosca avoids arrest by leaping to her death.
Els tres vídeos següents representen tres dels moments més espectaculars i coneguts de Tosca, amb algunes de les àries més populars i vibrants del repertori. Next three videos represent three of the most spectacular and famous moments from Tosca, with some of the most popular and vibrant arias.
Els seus apassionats protagonistes es mouen en un tens ambient polític que respon a uns fets i a uns moments històrics de la Roma del 1800 (les invasions napoleòniques a Itàlia). En l’òpera, l’excònsol de la República, Angelotti, fugitiu de la presó del Castel Sant’Angelo, s’amaga a la capella familiar de Sant’Andrea della Valle, i és protegit pel seu amic, el pintor Mario Cavaradossi. Events that took place in Rome in 1800 (the advance of Napoleon's armies in Italy) gave rise to the climate of political tension that forms the backcloth to the passionate protagonists' actions, decisively shaping the plot and triggering the fatal denouement. In the opera, Angelotti is a former Consul of the Republic who has escaped from detention in the Castel Sant’Angelo. He takes refuge in a private chapel in the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, where he is assisted by his friend the painter Mario Cavaradossi.
La presència de la seva amant, la gran cantant Floria Tosca, i les sospites sobre el fugitiu, hi porten el cruel cap de la nova policia romana, Scarpia. Aquest fa detenir i interrogar sota tortura el pintor als seus apartaments del Palazzo Farnese. Tosca demana clemència, però incapaç de resistir l’horror acaba confessant i Scarpia li promet salvar la vida del seu amant amb un afusellament simulat si cedeix als seus desigs sexuals. Scarpia, Rome's cruel new Chief of Police, comes to the church in search of Angelotti. Soon Cavaradossi's mistress, the great singer Floria Tosca, also arrives. Scarpia arrests Cavaradossi and interrogates him under torture in his apartments at the Palazzo Farnese. Tosca begs Scarpia to spare her lover and, unable to bear the horror of his sufferings, discloses Angelotti's whereabouts. Scarpia promises that, if she gives herself to him, he will save Cavaradossi's life by ordering a mock execution.
Tosca, enfollida per l’odi, assassina Scarpia d’una ganivetada. Quan arriba a la torre de Sant’Angelo, on s’ha de produir l’execució, adverteix l’amant de l’estratègia pactada, però l’escamot dispara de debò. Tosca s’adona del cruel engany i quan van a detenir-la es llança al buit. Tosca, in a frenzy of hatred, stabs Scarpia to death and, on reaching the Castel Sant’Angelo, where Cavaradossi is to be shot, tells him of her pact with Scarpia. However the mock execution turns out to be a real one. Realizing she has been tricked, Tosca avoids arrest by leaping to her death.
Els tres vídeos següents representen tres dels moments més espectaculars i coneguts de Tosca, amb algunes de les àries més populars i vibrants del repertori. Next three videos represent three of the most spectacular and famous moments from Tosca, with some of the most popular and vibrant arias.
Te deum (Acte I). Ambrogio Maestri (Scarpia)
Vissi d’arte (Acte II). Sondra Radvanovsky (Tosca)
E lucevan le stelle (Acte III). Jorge de León (Cavaradossi)
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