Revisit the magic of Cincinnati Opera’s 2025 Summer Festival this November, when 90.9 WGUC, media partner for Cincinnati Opera’s 2025 season, brings select performances to the airwaves on Sunday evenings. Each broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. ET and can be heard locally on air at 90.9 FM and online at wguc.org.
TOSCA
Originally performed June 26 and 28, 2025, at Cincinnati Music Hall
Music by Giacomo Puccini; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Clelia Cafiero, conductor; Jose Maria Condemi, stage director
Featuring Karah Son, Matthew White, Anthony Clark Evans, Justin Hopkins, Sam Smith, Julius Ahn, Ryan Henry, Cole Stephenson; Cincinnati Opera Chorus; Cincinnati Boychoir; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Description:
Floria Tosca suspects her lover of being unfaithful when really, he’s helping an escaped political prisoner and friend. This misunderstanding mutates into a series of escalating and irreversible misfortunes once Baron Scarpia, the chief of the secret police, enters the scene. Set in Rome during a time of national upheaval, as Napoleon’s army marches on Italy, Puccini’s epic opera stands as one of the most enduring and beloved of all time.