MOBILE OPERA PRESENTS: TOSCA (2 performances)

Tosca is a political thriller, set in Rome in June 1800 (during the Napoleonic wars and a time of great political unrest). The action takes place over less than 24 hours, making it an intense experience! The plot centers around three main characters – Rome’s Diva Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi (a painter and republican) and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia. Scarpia has long lusted after Tosca, and when he suspects Cavaradossi of assisting an escaped political prisoner, seizes the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. He will manipulate Tosca into revealing the prisoner’s hiding place and Cavaradossi’s involvement and have her for himself. When Cavaradossi is captured, Scarpia offers Tosca a horrific bargain – she must give herself to Scarpia, or her lover is killed… what will she choose, and who will survive?

Performances will be Friday, March 25, 2022, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 27, 2022, 2:30 p.m. at The Temple Downtown. Tickets are $45 for adults and $9.99 for students. For more information and to buy tickets visit https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/mobileopera/6612/event/1229425