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Angela Gheorghiu stars in a traditional Tosca in Vienna

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“plenty of heaving and sighing, trembling clasped hands, and overly musical screams”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 7 February 2016
Puccini, Tosca
Vienna State Opera
Patrick Lange, Conductor
Margarethe Wallmann, Director
Nicola Benois, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Angela Gheorghiu, Floria Tosca
Jorge de León, Mario Cavaradossi
Michael Volle, Baron Scarpia
Clemens Unterreiner, Cesare Angelotti
Paolo Rumetz, Sacristan
Bernhard Sengtschmid, Shepherd Boy
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