(Credit: M. Pozzi)

The Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi is set to present the world premiere of “L’esecuzione. Sotto lo sguardo di Tosca.”

The new work will feature music by Salvatore Passantino and a libretto by Marco Malvaldi.

The new commission by the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, in co-production with Fondazione Teatro Comunale “Pavarotti-Freni” di Modena, confirms the Teatro Pergolesi’s commitment to investing to in new music and new composers.

“L’esecuzione. Sotto lo sguardo di Tosca’s” story takes place in Italy in the early 1950s, during a rehearsal of “Tosca” shortly before the performance; it begins with the finale of Puccini’s opera, in which Tosca believes the rifles are loaded with blanks—as Scarpia had assured her—only for Cavaradossi to fall victim to a real execution by firing squad.

Eddi De Nadai will conduct the Time Machine Ensemble while Italo Nunziata will direct the new production.

Meanwhile the cast will include Laura Fortino,Aloisa Aisemberg, Riccardo Liberatore, and Giacomo Medici.

The opera will open on Nov. 14 and 15, 2026.