Saturday, October 10, 2009 (1:00 pm ET)
“Tosca combines Puccini’s glorious musical inspiration with the melodramatic vitality of one of the great Hitchcock films,” says Met Music Director James Levine, who conducts this new production. The opera tells the story of three people—a famous opera singer, a free-thinking painter, and a sadistic chief of police—caught in a net of love and politics. Starring Karita Mattila, Marcelo Álvarez, and George Gagnidze . Directed by Luc Bondy.