A rain-swept Tosca at Birgit Nilsson Days

Joyce El-Khoury (Tosca)

August Follin (Shepherd Boy)

John Lundgren (Scarpia), Michael Fabiano (Cavaradossi)

By Peter Quantrill, 15 August 2023

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“a quixotic heroine whose murder of Scarpia carried the force of spontaneity”

Reviewed at Birgit Nilsson Museum, Båstad on 12 August 2023

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Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor

Helsingborgs Symphony Orchestra

Joyce El-Khoury, Floria Tosca

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John Lundgren, Baron Scarpia

Anton Ljungqvist, Cesare Angelotti

Kjetil Støa, Spoletta

Fredrik Zetterström, Sciarrone

Anders Lorentzon, Sacristan

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Peter Quantrill

Peter Quantrill is a regular contributor to Gramophone, The Strad and other journals. Recent programme notes have been published by the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Ballet. He also writes about music and musicians for many record labels including Eloquence, Delphian, Signum, Danacord and Brilliant Classics. Once unplugged from his hi-fi, he can generally be found in a London concert hall or at the cricket, and he tweets (sporadically) @PeterQuantrill.

Tosca at Birgit Nilsson Days: El-Khoury and Fabiano battle the elements (and win)