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Lyric Opera of Chicago on WRTI: Puccini's TOSCA, July 11, 1 PM

Soprano Tatiana Serjan sings the title role in Puccini's TOSCA.

Rome in the year 1800 is a deadly place for dissidents. The painter Cavaradossi risks everything to shelter his comrade; but his lover, the fiery Tosca, keeps playing cat and mouse with the lustful and sadistic Baron Scarpia, the chief of police. If Cavaradossi is condemned, will Tosca trade her honor to save him?  Listen to the final performance from Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2015 broadcast season, Puccini's TOSCA, Saturday, July 11th, 1 to 4 pm on WRTI.

Synopsis

CAST:

Tosca: Tatiana Serjan
Cavaradossi: Brian Jagde
Scarpia: Evgeny Nikitin

Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
Director:John Caird
Chorus Master: Michael Black