Stripping away the varnish: Tosca in Rome

Von James Imam, 30 Juni 2015

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“Act I's Basilica di Sant'Andrea della Valle basks in musty pastel colours and warm light”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome, am 28 Juni 2015

Puccini, Tosca

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Donato Renzetti, Musikalische Leitung

Alessandro Talevi, Regie

Adolf Hohenstein, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Virginia Tola, Floria Tosca

Aquiles Machado, Mario Cavaradossi

Claudio Sgura, Baron Scarpia

Saverio Fiore, Spoletta

William Corrò, Cesare Angelotti

Domenico Colaianni, Mesner

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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*****

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***11

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****1

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****1

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***11

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****1

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

Stripping away the varnish: Tosca at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera