Tosca

The soprano Claire Rutter assumes the title role in Puccini's political and sexual thriller set in Rome at the time of Napoleon's invasion of Italy. Conducted by Stephen Lord, this revived production by the American soprano Catherine Malfitano also stars Anthony Michaels-Moore as the sadistic police chief Scarpia, Gwyn Hughes Jones as Mario Cavaradossi and Matthew Hargreaves as Cesare Angelotti.