Grange Park Opera's inaugural Tosca

Por David Karlin, 09 junio 2017

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“The sheer warmth of the voice and the easy swell of Calleja's phrasing couldn’t fail to seduce”

Crítica hecha desde The Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley el 8 junio 2017

Puccini, Tosca

Grange Park Opera

Gianluca Marcianò, Dirección

Peter Relton, Dirección de escena

Francis O'Connor, Diseño de escena

Ekaterina Metlova, Floria Tosca

Joseph Calleja, Mario Cavaradossi

Roland Wood, Baron Scarpia

Jihoon Kim, Cesare Angelotti

Andrew Rees, Spoletta

Lancelot Nomura, Sciarrone

Simon Wilding, Sacristan

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David Karlin, 10th July

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Roy Westbrook, 14th June

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Mark Pullinger, 5th June

Sir David Pountney's 1997 staging for Welsh National Opera is given a welcome new lease of life at Grange Park Opera, splendidly cast... with one major exception.

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David Karlin, 27th June

A memorable performance, with Stephen Barlow conducting Janáček’s remarkable score with vividness and clarity, while David Alden's staging is a masterpiece of "less is more".

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Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill

Roy Westbrook, 6th June

An unlikely pairing opens Grange Park Opera's season, the two works united by the dominant central character of each opera – Sir Bryn Terfel.

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.