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Puccini: Tosca
Xian Zhang; Christof Loy; Finnish National Opera; Christian Schmidt; Olaf Winter; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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Elisabet Strid renders Tosca an Everywoman in Helsinki
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Christof Loy’s psychological staging returns to the stage of Finnish National Opera, with Swedish soprano Elisabet Strid compelling in the title role.
A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from WNO at the Mayflower
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Fine performances in a punchy new production that coats this tragic opera in a large dollop of debauchery.
Opera Australia revives its Berlin Bohème
A fine cast led by Maija Kovalevska conveys the timeless beauty and emotion of Puccini’s Parisian melodrama, but the 1930s Berlin setting remains an imperfectly realised transformation.