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

Joyce El-Khoury (Tosca)
© Gunilla Hovenäs
© Gunilla Hovenä
August Follin (Shepherd Boy)
© Gunilla Hovenäs
John Lundgren (Scarpia), Michael Fabiano (Cavaradossi)
© Gunilla Hovenäs
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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
Puccini, Tosca
Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor
Helsingborgs Symphony Orchestra
Joyce El-Khoury, Floria Tosca
Michael Fabiano, Mario Cavaradossi
John Lundgren, Baron Scarpia
Anton Ljungqvist, Cesare Angelotti
Kjetil Støa, Spoletta
Fredrik Zetterström, Sciarrone
Anders Lorentzon, Sacristan
August Follin, Shepherd Boy
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