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Elisabet Strid renders Tosca an Everywoman at Finnish National Opera

Elisabet Strid (Tosca)
© Emma Suominen
Tuomas Pursio (Scarpia) and Elisabeth Strid (Tosca)
© Emma Suominen
Elisabet Strid (Toaca) and Milen Bozhkov (Cavaradossi)
© Emma Suominen
Tuomas Pursio (Scarpia)
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“a psychologically complex woman trapped in a story that wants her to be far more simple”
Reviewed at Finnish National Opera: Main Hall (Suomen Kansallisoopera: päänäyttämö), Helsinki on 19 November 2025
Puccini, Tosca
Finnish National Opera
Xian Zhang, Conductor
Christof Loy, Director
Christian Schmidt, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Olaf Winter, Lighting Designer
Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
Finnish National Opera Chorus
Elisabet Strid, Floria Tosca
Magdalena Hinterdobler, Floria Tosca
Milen Bozhkov, Mario Cavaradossi
Teodor Ilincăi, Mario Cavaradossi
Tuomas Pursio, Baron Scarpia
Claudio Sgura, Baron Scarpia
Jussi Vänttinen, Cesare Angelotti
Aapo Kilpelä, Cesare Angelotti
Janne Sihvo, Sacristan
Niklas Spångberg, Sacristan
Heikki Hattunen, Spoletta
Johannes Pessi, Spoletta
Nicholas Söderlund, Sciarrone
Koit Soasepp, Sciarrone
Henri Uusitalo, A Jailer
Visa Kohva, A Jailer
Pietro Rizzo, Conductor
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