Stylish, traditional Tosca revived at the Royal Opera House

Malin Byström (Tosca)

Malin Byström (Tosca) and Gwyn Hughes Jones (Cavaradossi)

Gabriele Viviani (Scarpia) and Malin Byström (Tosca)

Malin Byström (Tosca)

By Mark Valencia, 30 November 2022

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“Every role [Byström] sings, be it Donna Anna, Salome or Tosca, seems to fit her like a glove”

Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 28 November 2022

Puccini, Tosca

The Royal Opera

Daniel Oren, Conductor

Jonathan Kent, Director

Paul Brown, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Mark Henderson, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Royal Opera Chorus

Malin Byström, Floria Tosca

Gwyn Hughes Jones, Mario Cavaradossi

Gabriele Viviani, Baron Scarpia

Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, Cesare Angelotti

Jeremy White, Sacristan

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.