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The Royal Opera's “Taffia Tosca” burns with Welsh fire in excellent revival

Sir Bryn Terfel (Scarpia) and Natalya Romaniw (Tosca)
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Aled Hall (Spoletta) and Sir Bryn Terfel (Scarpia)
© RBO | Clive Barda
Natalya Romaniw (Tosca) and SeokJong Baek (Cavaradossi)
© RBO | Clive Barda
Maurizio Muraro (Sacristan) and chorus
© RBO | Clive Barda
Natalya Romaniw (Tosca)
© RBO | Clive Barda
Natalya Romaniw (Tosca) and Sir Bryn Terfel (Scarpia)
© RBO | Clive Barda
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“savouring the text which rolls around his tongue like his favourite ‘vin di Spagna’”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 26 November 2024
Puccini, Tosca
The Royal Opera
Eun Sun Kim, Conductor
Jonathan Kent, Director
Paul Brown, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Mark Henderson, Lighting Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Royal Opera Chorus
Simon Iorio, Revival Director
Natalya Romaniw, Floria Tosca
SeokJong Baek, Mario Cavaradossi
Sir Bryn Terfel, Baron Scarpia
Ossian Huskinson, Cesare Angelotti
Aled Hall, Spoletta
Jamie Woollard, Sciarrone
Maurizio Muraro, Sacristan
John Morrissey, A Jailer
Tharuni Kalavannan, Shepherd Boy
The Turn of the Screw at RBO Linbury: Darkness and denial
*****
A riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House
****1
Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight
*****
Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden
****1
Ermonela Jaho returns in triumph to The Royal Opera’s Traviata
*****
Turandot drowned in an orchestral tsunami at The Royal Opera
***11
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