Saisissante Tosca

By Beate Langenbruch, 15 December 2014

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“Une lecture historique et politique de l'oeuvre de Puccini”

Reviewed at Theatro municipal, São Paulo on 11 December 2014

Puccini, Tosca

Theatro Municipal de São Paulo

Oleg Caetani, Conductor

Marco Gandini, Director

Simona Morresi, Costume Designer

Italo Grassi, Set Designer

Ainhoa Arteta, Floria Tosca

Stuart Neill, Mario Cavaradossi

Nelson Martinez, Baron Scarpia

Luca Casalin, Spoletta

Massimiliano Catellani, Cesare Angelotti

Saulo Javan, Sacristan

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Happy Birthday, Maestro Zeffirelli! La Scala revives a beloved Bohème

Laura Servidei, 4th March

Marina Rebeka and Freddie de Tommaso are the protagonists in the 200th performance of the historical production of La bohème by Franco Zeffirelli, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, under the baton of Eun Sun Kim, who debuts at La Scala.

****1

Love's reign: an entertaining Poppea in Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 9th September

Conducted by Iván Fischer, a strong cast delivers an entertaining performance of Monteverdi's opera in a production that amuses, but does not quite thrill.

***11

All good fun: a flesh-and-blood Falstaff at Müpa Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 6th March

The Iván Fischer Opera Company makes a triumphant foray into Verdi's oeuvre.

****1

A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 22nd April

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

**111

Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1

At half mast: Simon Boccanegra revived in Vienna

Orsolya Gyárfás, 19th April

Marco Armiliato's conducting thrills and Federica Lombardi's radiant Amelia stands out in the Wiener Staatsoper's latest revival of Simon Boccanegra.

***11

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Beate Langenbruch

Incapable de départager musique et littérature dans sa vie, Beate a décidé de se consacrer passionnément aux deux. La maîtresse de conférences en littérature française (Moyen Âge) et soprano allemande parcourt le monde pour ses recherches comme pour chanter, avec son trio de musique de chambre, en soliste ou en choeur. Ses années d'expériences instrumentales (piano, flûte, guitare) n'ont que très modérément entravé son amour inconditionnel de la voix et du répertoire choral en particulier.

Tosca sous les Tropiques : une saisissante production néoréaliste et historique du Teatro Municipal de São Paulo