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A bewildering Tosca at Berlin's Staatsoper im Schiller Theater

By Christie Franke, 07 October 2014
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Reviewed at Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Berlin on 3 October 2014
Programme
Puccini, Tosca
Performers
Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
Alvis Hermanis, Director
Ieva Jurjane, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Anja Kampe, Floria Tosca
Fabio Sartori, Mario Cavaradossi
Michael Volle, Baron Scarpia
Staatskapelle Berlin
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Christie Franke
Christie Franke
Christie Franke is a Berlin-based writer and opera lover. Her blog, Tiny Doom’s Opernpalais, chronicles her adventures as an opera-lover and writer, serving as discussion ground for character profiles, operatic plot holes, and the magic of music in everyday life.