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Puccini: Tosca
Dan Ettinger; Jonathan Kent; The Royal Opera; Paul Brown; Mark Henderson; Dan Dooner
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Alexander Soddy; Jonathan Kent; The Royal Opera; Paul Brown; Mark Henderson; Dan Dooner
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“Ecco un artista!”: melodrama aplenty in ROH Tosca revival
Red-blooded performances from the three principals at Covent Garden, even if there are vocal misfires along the way.
Tosca at ROH: promise as yet unfulfilled
The ninth revival of Jonathan Kent’s production features a great Act 1 and enjoyable Covent Garden role debuts for the three top singers, but misses the mark on the set pieces.
Kent's Manon Lescaut at Covent Garden
Kent's staging brings out the sleaze in Puccini's first big hit; Sondra Radvanovsky thrills in the title role; the musical performance improves through the evening.
A drab Don Giovanni from the Glyndebourne Tour
A lack of inspiration and dull staging is a serious hindrance to the second of Glyndebourne's touring productions.
Firing blanks: Tosca at Covent Garden
A clumsily directed, poorly sung Tosca at the ROH made for a dispiriting evening.
A tense, eerie Turn of the Screw
Slick, surreal and creepy, with a strong cast of exciting young singers: it's hard to imagine a Turn of the Screw better than Glyndebourne's Jonathan Kent version, revived for their 2014 Tour by Francesca Gilpin.
