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Firing blanks: a disappointing Tosca at Covent Garden

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 11 January 2016
Puccini, Tosca
The Royal Opera
Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor
Jonathan Kent, Director
Paul Brown, Set Designer
Amanda Echalaz, Floria Tosca
Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Mario Cavaradossi
Roberto Frontali, Baron Scarpia
Hubert Francis, Spoletta
Yuriy Yurchuk, Cesare Angelotti
Donald Maxwell, Sacristan
David Shipley, Sciarrone
Duncan Tarbuton, Shepherd Boy
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Royal Opera Chorus
Andrew Sinclair, Revival Director
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