Puccini's Electrifying TOSCA

The Vancouver Opera 2026–2027 season opens October 24, 2026 with Puccini’s Tosca, a gripping thriller of passion, politics, and betrayal set against the turmoil of Rome, circa 1800. Under the baton of Vancouver Opera Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the stage direction of Brenna Corner, Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Victoria, this acclaimed co-production with Pacific Opera Victoria pairs unforgettable music with edge-of-your-seat theatrical intensity for three exhilarating performances.

A story of power, passion, and betrayal, propelled by one of Puccini’s most emotionally charged scores, Tosca delivers opera at its most thrilling. The story unfolds over a breathless 24 hours, as celebrated singer Floria Tosca finds herself caught between the man she loves, and a ruthless chief of police determined to possess her. Love, jealousy, artistic freedom, corruption, and personal sacrifice collide as Tosca is forced into an increasingly impossible confrontation with Scarpia.

Leading the cast is internationally acclaimed Lebanese-Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury (Die Fledermaus), making her return to VO as Floria Tosca. Canadian Tenor David Pomeroy (Cavalleria in Concert) returns to VO as her lover, the revolutionary artist Mario Cavaradossi, with Canadian baritone Gregory Dahl (La Bohème) channelling one of opera’s most formidable villains, Baron Scarpia.

The production was first presented by Pacific Opera Victoria at Victoria’s Royal Theatre in February, 2026. Centred on ideas of truth, Tosca is set in Rome in the year 1800, and the production brings a traditional setting to this epic story through set and video design by Scott Reid, costume design by Kevin Knight, and lighting design by Michael Walton.

Joining El-Khoury, Pomeroy, and Dahl are Neil Craighead (Rigoletto) as Cesare Angelotti, Peter Monaghan (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Sacristan, Callum Alden (Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist) as Spoletta, and Mihnea Nitu (Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist) as Sciarrone. They are joined by the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, the Vancouver Opera Chorus, and the Vancouver Opera Children’s Chorus.

Tickets are available through the Vancouver Opera box office online or by phone at 604-683-0222. Vancouver Opera would like to remind patrons to only purchase tickets from Vancouver Opera instead of third-party ticket sellers. For more information about Vancouver Opera, visit vancouveropera.ca.

TOSCA

By Giacomo Puccini

Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Sung in Italian with English SURTITLES™ projected above the stage

Saturday, October 24, 7:30PM | Thursday, October 29, 7:30PM |

Sunday, November 1, 2:00PM