Puccini's operatic thriller with great Italian voices: Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Stefano La Colla and Lucio Gallo.

Religious. Revolutionary. Jealous. Naive. Victim of her circumstances. Brutal murderess. Who is Floria Tosca? For the 125th anniversary of the opera, director José Cortés gets to the bottom of what his title heroine can be and searches for her true core between projection surface and turmoil. For the Puerto Rican director, a central key to the work is the question: can there ever be a way out for those who dare to oppose a system?

The opera classic becomes a gripping thriller: mercilessly put to the test, Tosca must decide what she still believes in. Sinéad Campbell Wallace from Ireland can be seen in the title role, and it is not only as Tosca that she has conquered the world's great stages from Paris to Toronto. The International May Festival will also feature the celebrated Italian tenor Stefano La Colla as Cavaradossi and the Italian baritone Lucio Gallo, in demand in renowned opera houses worldwide, as Scarpia in Wiesbaden.