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

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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 沤eljko Lu膷i膰 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 沤eljko Lu膷i膰 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 沤eljko Lu膷i膰 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 沤eljko Lu膷i膰 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 series of performances beamed into .

The Met's of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, everyone's favorite operatic potboiler, is the next feature, showing at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Staged by , the production is conducted by and stars , and .

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. for the theater nearest to you.

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

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Christopher Purdy

Christopher Purdy is Classical 101's early morning host, 7-10 a.m. weekdays. He is host and producer of Front Row Center 鈥� Classical 101鈥檚 weekly celebration of Opera and more 鈥� as well as Music in Mid-Ohio, Concerts at Ohio State, and the Columbus Symphony broadcast series. He is the regular pre-concert speaker for Columbus Symphony performances in the Ohio Theater.

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