Opera! It’s more than just a gal with horns belting out German. (Though that’s pretty cool too.) Our gracious PR partners have given us a tip on how to get discount tix to Tosca at the Lyric — enter code TOSCA to purchase seats for just $39 – $79 (regular price $95 – $165)!
Here’s the deets on Tosca, for those of you — like me — are pretty iffy on the whole opera storylines thing.
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Artistic Director James Harp | Based on “La Tosca” by Victorien Sardou | Sung in Italian with English Surtitles
Coming to the Lyric in Baltimore on November 1 & 3, 2013 – the timeless opera by Puccini!
Puccini’s great masterpiece of love, lust, and revenge is one of the most dramatically compelling in the entire operatic repertoire. The opera diva Floria Tosca is in love with the painter Mario Cavaradossi, but the evil Baron Scarpia, the Roman Chief of Police, desires her as well. His nefarious plot to have her involves political intrigue, sadistic brutality and horrific torture. Tosca’s dream of love is shattered by Scarpia’s duplicity, and in one of the most famous endings in opera, she leaps to her tragic death.
The production will star rising American superstar Jill Gardner in the title role, celebrated Puccini specialist Dinyar Vania as Cavaradossi, and Metropolitan Opera Star and Baltimore favorite Eric Owens in his role debut as Scarpia. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Steven White in a magnificent production directed by James Harp.
But even better? We’ve got a pair of tickets for one lucky reader! A’yup — free culture! How to get a pair for yourself? Read on, my dear. Read on!
How to win yourself a pair? Well, it’s easy. Just e-mail me at geekfore@gmail.com and tell me why you want to go. Yep. It’s that simple.
I’ll pick a winner at random Tuesday evening at 5pm, and the winner will get two tickets for the show on Friday the 1st.
Good luck everyone!
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