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A too-real Tosca from Arnaud Bernard in Prague

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“Czech audiences need no reminding of what life was like during four decades of communist occupation”
Reviewed at National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague on 28 January 2017
Puccini, Tosca
Andreas Sebastian Weiser, Conductor
David Švec, Conductor
Arnaud Bernard, Director, Costume Designer
Camille Dugas, Set Designer
Barbara Haveman, Floria Tosca
Peter Berger, Mario Cavaradossi
Jiří Sulženko, Baron Scarpia
Prague State Opera Orchestra
Prague State Opera Chorus
Kühn Children's Choir
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