ARIAS FLOAT DOWN THE TIBER
The Tiber river was the unusual setting for opera performances of Giacomo Puccini's evergreen“Tosca” between the 21st - 27th July 2025. Jubilee visitors to Rome crowded the river embankments and the Ponte Sant'Angelo (Bridge of the Angel) to listen to soprano Elena lo Forte, together with baritones Fabio Andreotti and Alessio Quaresima, singing the celebrated arias from Puccini's tragic tale that was set in nearby Castel Sant'Angelo. The singers floated by on a boat which plied the tract of river in the city centre between the Vatican and Ponte Garibaldi under the Aventine Hill.
“Tosca lungo il Tevere” was part of the initiative “Lungo il Tevere Roma...un fiume di Cultura” (along the Tiber...a river of culture”) an initiative sponsored by the Lazio regional council and launched in 2018, but then suspended. This edition is also enhanced visually with projections of videos depicting “Tosca's Rome” on the embankment walls.
Organizers hope that the initiative will become a regular feature of the Roman summer festivals.
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Source: “OggiRoma” www.oggiroma.it
