Falling leaves: Met loses its current Scarpia
mainWolfgang Koch has withdrawn from the fall run of Tosca due to illness. Željko Lučić will sing the role of Scarpia on 10/25 & Claudio Sgura will sing the remaining 6 perfs in the fall. Mr. Koch’s debut will be delayed until March, when Tosca returns for a spring run. #castchange
— Metropolitan Opera (@MetOpera) October 16, 2018
I’ve seen Željko Lučić as Scarpia at the Met before and he was great. If I had tickets for this I would not be disappointed!