The unique and monumental opera stage of the ancient Peristyle provides a stunning setting for Puccini’s magnificent musical drama. A political thriller interwoven with love, lust, and murder through immortal music, Tosca remains one of the most beloved titles in the entire operatic repertoire.

A canonical work of world opera literature, Tosca features a richly developed musical structure with arias, duets, recitatives, choruses, and other elements seamlessly woven into a perfect whole. Puccini employed Wagnerian leitmotifs to illustrate characters, themes, and ideas. At the same time, the score's power and the orchestration's inventiveness have long been recognized as a pinnacle of operatic composition. The dramatic force of Tosca and its characters continues to captivate both performers and audiences, which is why it remains a staple on opera stages worldwide.

Though the libretto focuses more on the relationships between the main protagonists (Tosca, Cavaradossi, Scarpia) than on the political context explored in Victorien Sardou’s play on which it is based, the opera offers rich staging possibilities, allowing for the embodiment of theatrical symbols and metaphors that resonate profoundly with contemporary times.