Opera Abbreviated Podcast: 'Tosca' in the Time of #MeToo

By Christopher Purdy

Published January 22, 2018 at 12:30 PM EST

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Sonya Yoncheva as Tosca and Željko Lučić as Scarpia rehearse Act II for David McVicar's new production of 'Tosca.'";s

Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera

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Sonya Yoncheva as Tosca and Željko Lučić as Scarpia rehearse Act II for David McVicar's new production of 'Tosca.'";s

Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera

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Sonya Yoncheva as Tosca and Željko Lučić as Scarpia rehearse Act II for David McVicar's new production of 'Tosca.'";s

Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera

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Sonya Yoncheva as Tosca and Željko Lučić as Scarpia rehearse Act II for David McVicar's new production of 'Tosca.'";s

Ken Howard / The Metropolitan Opera

Opera Abbreviated is a Classical 101 podcast that previews The Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series of performances beamed into cinemas worldwide.

The Met's new production of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, everyone's favorite operatic potboiler, is the next feature, showing at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Staged by David McVicar, the production is conducted by Emmanuel Villaume and stars Sonya Yoncheva, Vittorio Grigolo and Zelkjo Lucic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsqhiiycmlE

Here's my take on an opera filled with politics, love, passion, murder and sexual abuse.

Timely then, timely now.

See Tosca live, broadcast from the Met, at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Check here for the theater nearest to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLc6nfvgN8A