TOSCA

TOSCA

GIACOMO PUCCINI

Available for on-demand streaming from 16 March until 16 November 2026

Στο https://www.nationalopera.gr/GNOTV/en

Opera

Ticket: 10€

Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, featuring staging, sets, and costumes by Nikos S. Petropoulos, comes to GNO TV. With Tosca, the Greek National Opera inaugurated its tribute to Nikos S. Petropoulos, whose collaboration with the GNO began as early as 1971.

Tosca is unquestionably one of the most popular operas in the repertoire. In this operatic thriller, intense passions are underscored by Giacomo Puccini's deeply evocative music. Tosca aligns with the ideals of verismo-the Italian naturalist movement. The Greek National Opera first presented the work in August 1942 at the Summer Theatre on Klafthmonos Square, starring Maria Kalogeropoulou (later known as Callas), who at just nineteen years old made her professional debut in the title role.

The story unfolds as follows: Floria Tosca, an opera diva, is a woman passionately in love, yet pathologically jealous of her partner. Baron Scarpia, a dark and all-powerful figure, derives pleasure from the suffering of his victims. Caught between them is her lover, the pure-hearted patriot Mario Cavaradossi, who is led to his death-not because of his political ideas, but because of his relationship with Tosca, whom Scarpia desires. The mechanism is meticulously set: no one escapes Scarpia's traps.

Music Direction: Paolo Carignani
Staging, Sets, Costumes: Nikos S. Petropoulos
Revival Direction: Ion Kesoulis
Lighting: Christos Tziogkas
Chorus Direction: Agathangelos Georgakatos
Children's Chorus Direction: Konstantina Pitsiakou

Floria Tosca: Cellia Costea
Mario Cavaradossi: Marcelo Puente
Baron Scarpia: Tassis Christoyannis
Cesare Angelotti: Petros Magoulas
Sacristan: Yanni Yannissis
Sciarrone / Jailer: Giorgos Papadimitriou
Shepherd: Penny Rizou
Spoletta: Yannis Kalyvas

With the Orchestra, Chorus, and Children's Chorus of the GNO (as part of its educational mission)

With a 10-euro ticket, viewers can enjoy this production from the comfort of their homes at tv.nationalopera.gr/en, at any time they choose, on their computer, ipad, TV or mobile phones. The ticket offers the possibility to access the performance for an unlimited number of times over the course of a 30-day period starting from the first streaming.

Lead Donor of the Greek National Opera and Founding Donor of the GNO TV

Stavros Niarchos Foundation