Shadi Ghaheri stage directs. Full cast TBA.

The opera is set in a modern-day religious authoritarian dictatorship. Heartbeat’s Music Director, Daniel Schlosberg, created a new arrangement of Puccini’s score.

Heartbeat’s Spring Festival kicks off with Puccini’s “ Tosca” co-adapted by Iranian-American director Shadi Ghaheri and Heartbeat’s Interim Artistic Director Jacob Ashworth. The cast includes Derrell Acon (Roc), Curtis Bannister (Stan), Kelly Griffin (Leah), Victoria Lawal (Marcy), and Corey McKern (Pizarro). The premiere will be available on METLiveArts’ YouTube page. Ethan Heard adapted and directed this re-imagining of the opera in the era of Black Lives Matter. The Season kicks off with a free video premiere of Beethoven’s “ Fidelio” featuring over 100 incarcerated singers from six prison choirs. New York’s Heartbeat Opera has announced its 2022-23 Season, which includes a video premiere and the company’s Spring Festival, featuring significant adaptions of Puccini’s “Tosca” and Verdi’s “Macbeth.”

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