Tosca à Berlin : triomphe de la Staatskapelle et de Saioa Hernández

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 20 February 2022

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“une production qui séduira sans nul doute les néophytes par son extrême lisibilité !”

Reviewed at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin on 18 February 2022

Puccini, Tosca

Staatsoper Berlin

Julien Salemkour, Conductor

Alvis Hermanis, Director

Kristīne Jurjāne, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Gleb Filshtinsky, Lighting Designer

Staatskapelle Berlin

Kinderchor der Staatsoper Berlin

Saioa Hernández, Floria Tosca

Fabio Sartori, Mario Cavaradossi

Ambrogio Maestri, Baron Scarpia

Florian Hoffmann, Spoletta

Benjamin Chamandy, A Jailer

Grigory Shkarupa, Cesare Angelotti

Jan Martiník, Sacristan

Carles Pachón, Sciarrone

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*****

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****1

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Stéphane Lelièvre

Stéphane Lelièvre est maître de conférences en littérature comparée. Il est responsable de l’équipe « Littérature et musique » du Centre de Recherche en Littérature Comparée à la Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Universités. Spécialiste des romantismes allemand et français, il s’intéresse d’une manière générale aux liens entre les lettres et la musique, et donc particulièrement à l’opéra.

Tosca au Staatsoper de Berlin : le triomphe de la Staatskapelle et de Saioa Hernández