Published on Oct 4, 2026

Rating:

Genre: Drama

Dates: November 6-8, 2026

Venue: Beijing Performing Arts Center

Prices: 180, 280, 480, 680, 880, 1080

Features: The NCPA's co-production of the Puccini's masterpiece Tosca will be stage in Beijing performing arts center from November 6th-8th, 2026.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

It is said that, 'Tosca is an opera which must be watched with a handkerchief as your heart may be broken by its notes of sadness.' Among numerous works created by the opera master Puccini in his lifetime, Tosca is regarded as not only a masterpiece representing his pinnacle of artistic achievement, but also a 'classic repertory' of almost all opera houses in the world. It's a fictional story happened in a seemingly real and illusionary castle of Rome, where angels and demons coexist to compose a wonder interwoven with love, politics, hatred and conspiracy. Surely, the opera is filled with classic arias. Recondita armonia and E lucevan le stelle are called the touchstone for tenors while the heroine Tosca's Vissi d'arte is a tearjerker of beautiful melody.

The mysterious Castle of Sant'Angelo emerged on the stage like a dream is a place where the heroine Tosca died for love. Since the debut, the opera has become a great sensation and led to an unprecedented 'Tosca phenomenon': The microblog by opera fans were rapidly spread on the night of rehearsal. Its box office soared after the premiere. Audiences flock to watch the opera.

The tragic and beautiful music and the mechanical and magic variation of the stage setting can fully vent the characters' inner emotion and exert an impact on the audience's nerves through intuitive feels of soul and spirits. The scientific structure design of stage audio devices will also enable audience to enjoy the best music effects.

SYNOPSIS

This is a story about love, politics, hatred and conspiracy...

Painter Cavaradossi is arrested in covering a political criminal. To rescue her lover, opera singer Tosca gives herself to the Chief of Police Scarpia. Scarpia promises Tosca to conduct a mock execution. After getting the pass, Tosca kills Scarpia when he is not prepared. In the morning, Cavaradossi is taken to the execution ground. Unfortunately, the gun is equipped with a real bullet. The soldiers fire, and Mario falls. Tosca is so despaired that she jumps from the rampart and falls to her death...

Conductor

Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev is a world famous conductor. While still a student at the Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad State Conservatory, Gergiev won the Herbert von Karajan Competition in Berlin and the All-Union Conducting Competition in Moscow, following which he was invited to join the Kirov Theatre (now the Mariinsky) as an assistant to the principal conductor. His debut as a conductor at the theatre came on January 12th, 1978. In 1988 Valery Gergiev was appointed Music Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, and in 1996 he became its Artistic and General Director. Moreover, since December 2023 he has also been General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

The maestro made his debuts in 1991 at the Bayerishe Staatsoper, in 1993 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and in 1994 at the Metropolitan Opera. He worked with the World Orchestra for Peace, the philharmonic orchestras of Berlin, Paris, Vienna, New York and Los Angeles, the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Cleveland, Boston and San Francisco, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam) and many other ensembles. From 1995 to 2008 Valery Gergiev was Principal Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 2007 to 2015 he was Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. From 2015 to 2022 the maestro headed the Munich Philharmonic and from 2018 to 2022 the Verbier Festival Orchestra.

Tickets for NCPA Puccini's Opera Tosca are Available now!