The Met Tosca (2009)

Puccinis musical thriller of lust murder and politics is one of the most dramatically riveting operas in the repertoire Luc Bondys production with sets by Richard Peduzzi and costumes by Academy Awardwinning designer Milena Canonero opened the Mets 200910 season Karita Mattila stars as the beautiful and dangerously impulsive singer Floria Tosca Marcelo Álvarez is her lover the painter Cavaradossi a political enemy of the powerful chief of police Scarpia George Gagnidze who wants Tosca for himself