Nolan has set this production of Tosca in 1970s Italy, a time of economic downturn and social unrest. The West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rebecca Lang provided a compelling opening of musical brute force. Tosca demands attention, from the crashing introductory Scarpia chords to its shocking finale. West Australian Opera presented Patrick Nolan’s Opera Queensland production of Tosca at His Majesty’s Theatre in Perth. Originally broadcast January 30, 2016.Despite the very mixed reception that originally greeted Puccini’s fifth opera in 1900, the intensity of the melodrama and the equally dramatic music have ensured that Tosca continues to enthral audiences, remaining one of the world’s most popular operas. July 18: Turandot Starring Nina Stemme, Anita Hartig, Marco Berti, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk, conducted by Paolo Carignani. July 17: La Rondine Starring Angela Gheorghiu, Lisette Oropesa, Roberto Alagna, Marius Brenciu, and Samuel Ramey, conducted by Marco Armiliato. July 16: La Fanciulla del West Starring Barbara Daniels, Plácido Domingo, and Sherrill Milnes, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. July 15: Madama Butterfly Starring Hui He, Elizabeth DeShong, Bruce Sledge, and Paulo Szot, conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi. July 14: Tosca Starring Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, and Cornell MacNeil, conducted by James Conlon.

July 13: La Bohème Starring Renata Scotto, Maralin Niska, Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, and Paul Plishka, conducted by James Levine. July 12: Manon Lescaut Starring Karita Mattila, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft, conducted by James Levine. Check out this week's complete schedule below.

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