OPERA
Tosca
“remarkable... thrilling”
“Truly memorable realisation”
“extraordinary... spine-tingling”
Tosca pulsates with dramatic tension like few other operas. Puccini’s score curdles the blood. Italian soprano Francesca Tiburzi has thrilled audiences worldwide with her eulogised portrayal of the central role: she sings the role for the first time in the UK at The Grange. We heard the wonderful young Uruguayan tenor Andrés Presno as Malcolm in Verdi’s Macbeth in 2022. He returns here as Cavaradossi. Music to pin you to the back of the theatre and drama to keep you on the edge of your seat. The Grange Festival are delighted to welcome back the team who gave us Verdi’s Falstaff in 2019 for Puccini’s searing masterpiece: conductor Francesco Cilluffo, director Christopher Luscombe and designer Simon Higlett.
The Grange Festival | 2024
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Francesco Cillufo
Director Christopher Luscombe
Designer Simon Higlett
Lighting Designer Mark Jonathan
Fight & Intimacy Director Maisie Ellen
Costume Supervisor Karen Large
Assistant Director Rachel Wise
Assistant Costume Supervisor Bianca Meneghelli
Music Department
Assistant Conductor
Repetiteur / continuo
Chorus Master
Valeria Racco
Nicholas Bosworth
William Vann
Cast
Francesca Tiburzi
Floria Tosca
Andrew Manea
Baron Scarpia
Darren Jeffery
Sacristan
Stuart Orme
Sciarrone
Sion Llywelyn-Davies
Sheperd Boy
Andres Presno
Mario Cavaradossi
Dan D'Souza
Cesare Angelotti
Vladimir-Mihai Sima
Spoletta
Meilir Jones
Jailor
Stage Management
Stage Manager Checca Ponsonby
Deputy Stage Manager Rachel Bell
Chorus
Soprano
Isabel Maria Araujo
Isabella Atkinson
Corina Ignat
Elena Garrido Madrona
Grace O'Malley
Matina Tsaroucha
Mezzo
Charlotte Bateman
Georgia Mae Bishop
Angharad Davies
Sophie Goldrick
Annie Reilly
Erin Fflur Williams
Tenor
Daniel Grey Bell
Will Diggle
Warren Gillespie
Sam Marston
David Menezes
James Schouten
Bass
Connor Campbell
Peter Edge
Adam Jarman
Meilir Jones
Throdore McAlindon
Andrew Randall