A screening of the famous classic opera Tosca by the great Italian composer Giacomo Puccini will be held on Friday night at the Hanoi Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung Street.— Photo flickr

HA NOI — A screening of the famous classic opera Tosca by the great Italian composer Giacomo Puccini will be held on Friday night at the Hanoi Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung Street.

It first premiered on January 14, 1900 at the Teatro Costanzi theatre in Rome. The three-act opera is based on the 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca by Victorien Sardou.

The opera will be screened in its original language with English subtitles. — VNS