Tosca
Event description
"The avenging dawn appears, and makes the wicked tremble!
Now liberty is rising, and tyranny will fall!" ...
Against a brutal, oppressive state and its enforcers, a young rebellion rises. Artists, musicians, political revolutionaries - they fight in a world where fates and lives can turn on a whim, and the systems in control are tightly intertwined. Can those systems ever really be dismantled?
Tosca premiered in Rome, 1900, but remains frighteningly pertinent today. Puccini's gripping, yet deeply moving, music drama is a piece for our world, here and now.
What?
Tosca
An opera in three acts by
Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, and Luigi Illica
Based on the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou.
When?
June 17, 19
7.30PM
Where?
Pitt Street Uniting Church, 264 Pitt Street, Sydney
Pitt Street Uniting Church is accessible by public transport - the closest train and light rail station is Town Hall (2-3 minutes' walk), and buses run from the QVB, Town Hall, Castlereagh St, and Elizabeth St (all within 3 minutes' walk).
There is very limited paid parking nearby (closest parking station is the QVB).
Who?
Music Director - Edwin Spark
Director - Menila Moineaux
Cast
Floria Tosca - Rebecca Moret
Mario Cavaradossi - Samanta Lestavel
Baron Scarpia - Sitiveni Talei
Cesare Angelotti - Matthew Avery
The Sacristan - Alexandra Nixon
Spoletta - Ella Orehek-Coddington
Sciarrone - Andrew Pennycuick
A Shepherd - Joanna Brooke
A Jailer - Matthew Gaskin
Chorus -
Hannah Burton
Sarah Cherlin
Raymond Dubber
Tarryn Frappell
Tony Guyot
Richard Heagren-Gibbs
Melanie Jha
Andrew Taylor Knight
Abner Masson-Cox
Amelia Myers
Tobias Page
Fi Peel
Kate Wilmot
Marcus Wong
Noriko Yamanaka
Priscilla Yuen
Information to note
Pay-as-you-feel admission, online or at the door. We will have cash and card donation options at the door.
We encourage you to book in advance. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance, and seating is unreserved.
In line with current covid-safe guidelines in NSW, you must check in upon arrival, and must not attend performances if you are unwell. You are warmly welcome to wear a mask during the performance.
All profits from this production will go to organisations working for justice reform.
Please note that this production contains highly distressing themes, and is not intended for audiences under 15 years of age. We encourage you to contact us at thecooperativesydney@gmail.com for further information or with any concerns, and we will assist however possible.
This production is generously supported by the City of Sydney.