The stars shine brightly in Northern Ireland Opera’s Tosca

Svetlana Kasyan (Tosca)

Te Deum, Act 1

Brendan Collins (Scarpia) and Svetlana Kasyan (Tosca)

Peter Auty (Cavaradossi) and Niall Anderson (Sacristan)

By Leighton Jones, 17 September 2023

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Reviewed at Belfast Grand Opera House, Belfast on 16 September 2023

Puccini, Tosca

Northern Ireland Opera

Eduardo Strausser, Conductor

Cameron Menzies, Director

Niall McKeever, Set Designer

Gillian Lennox, Costume Designer

Ciaran Bagnall, Lighting Designer

Ulster Orchestra

Belfast Philharmonic Choir

Svetlana Kasyan, Floria Tosca

Peter Auty, Mario Cavaradossi

Brendan Collins, Baron Scarpia

Matthew Durkan, Cesare Angelotti

Niall Anderson, Sacristan

Aaron O'Hare, Spoletta

Connor Campbell, Sciarrone

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Leighton Jones

Leighton has extensive teaching experience from early years to postgraduate level music. Currently he works as a primary music specialist, visiting instrumental teacher and examiner. As a pianist, he was inspired to play after hearing Moura Lympany at a young age and has a large collection of her recordings. Leighton’s postgraduate studies focussed on his interest in 20th-century English orchestral music, with particular study of Britten, Rawsthorne, Walton and Vaughan Williams. A keen choral singer he has developed a comprehensive knowledge of chiefly British choral music.