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Tosca under Nazi occupation breaks hearts at Opera Australia

By Patricia Maunder, 27 February 2017
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“soaring top notes and low vibrato of “Vissi d’arte” were simultaneously thrilling and heartbreaking”
Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney on 25 February 2017
Programme
Puccini, Tosca
Performers
Opera Australia
Christian Badea, Conductor
John Bell, Director
Michael Scott-Mitchell, Set Designer
Teresa Negroponte, Costume Designer
Ainhoa Arteta, Floria Tosca
Teodor Ilincăi, Mario Cavaradossi
Lucio Gallo, Baron Scarpia
Richard Anderson, Cesare Angelotti
Graeme Macfarlane, Spoletta
Adrian Tamburini, Sciarrone
Luke Gabbedy, Sacristan
Opera Australia Chorus
Opera Australia Orchestra
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Patricia Maunder
Patricia Maunder
Patricia Maunder has been an arts journalist for more than 20 years, contributing to publications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK including The Sydney Morning Herald and Opera magazine. She is based in Melbourne, but considers Montreal her 'other' hometown after living there in 2012-16. For more about Patricia, visit her website.