Opera Australia’s Tosca highlights the tyranny of evil Scarpia

Von Brian Angus, 02 Mai 2018

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“tyranny had first overcome the city, now also the church!”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Arts Centre Melbourne: State Theatre, Melbourne, am 1 Mai 2018

Puccini, Tosca

Opera Australia

Andrea Battistoni, Musikalische Leitung

John Bell, Regie

Michael Scott-Mitchell, Bühnenbild

Teresa Negroponte, Kostüme

Latonia Moore, Floria Tosca

Diego Torre, Mario Cavaradossi

Marco Vratogna, Baron Scarpia

Gennadi Dubinsky, Cesare Angelotti

Benjamin Rasheed, Spoletta

Michael Honeyman, Sciarrone

Luke Gabbedy, Mesner

Tom Hamilton, Gefängiswärter

Opera Australia Chorus

Orchestra Victoria

Anthony Hunt, Chorleitung

Opera Australia's Children's Chorus

Hugh Halliday, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

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Brian Angus

Brian is a lover of opera, and has enjoyed attending operas for over forty years. Brian has very catholic tastes; favourite classic composers are Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, contemporary composers John Adams and Jake Heggie, and a curiosity about Stockhausen’s music. He is always seeking opportunities to expand his appreciation of the world of music and opera.