West Bay Opera Presents: Tosca

Puccini’s Tosca is opera at its most gripping: political intrigue, impossible choices, soaring arias, and edge-of-your-seat drama from beginning to end. West Bay Opera brings this iconic thriller to the stage in a new production at Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre, with Julia Behbudov as the fiery Floria Tosca, Xavier Prado as the doomed painter Cavaradossi, and Robert Balonek as the terrifying Baron Scarpia. Sung in Italian with English titles, the production delivers all the passion, suspense, and emotional intensity that have made Tosca one of the most beloved operas ever written.

This Groupmuse Nights Out offering gives members access to discounted tickets at up to 82% off standard pricing — an unusually affordable chance to experience Puccini’s masterpiece live. With sweeping orchestral writing, unforgettable melodies, and a story full of love, corruption, sacrifice, and revenge, Tosca remains one of opera’s most electrifying nights at the theater.

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