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Over the top: revamped Tosca returns to the Theatre in the Woods

Izabela Matula (Tosca)
© Marc Brenner
Brett Polegato (Scarpia)
© Marc Brenner
Justin Jacobs, Brett Polegato, Thomas Isherwood (Sciarrone), Otar Jorjikia, Robin Horgan Spoletta)
© Marc Brenner
Izabela Matula (Tosca) and Brett Polegato (Scarpia)
© Marc Brenner
Izabela Matula (Tosca) and Otar Jorjikia (Cavaradossi)
© Marc Brenner
Andrew Slater (Sacristan) and the Grange Park Opera Chorus
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“Izabela Matula... a severe Tosca who eats chiefs of police for breakfast”
Reviewed at The Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley on 10 June 2023
Puccini, Tosca
Grange Park Opera
Mark Shanahan, Conductor
Stephen Medcalf, Director
Francis O'Connor, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Tim Mitchell, Lighting Designer
BBC Concert Orchestra
Grange Park Opera Chorus
Izabela Matuła, Floria Tosca
Otar Jorjikia, Mario Cavaradossi
Brett Polegato, Baron Scarpia
Alan Ewing, Cesare Angelotti
Andrew Slater, Sacristan
Robin Horgan, Spoletta
Thomas Isherwood, Sciarrone
Katie Macdonald, Shepherd Boy
Taj Mahal by Nishat Khan premieres at Grange Park Opera
***11
Ukraine matters: Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa at Grange Park Opera
****1
Pountney’s vivid Simon Boccanegra at Grange Park Opera
****1
A confusing operatic take on The Tempest at Grange Park Opera
***11
An impressive, minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera
****1
Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill
****1
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