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Stripping away the varnish: Tosca at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera

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“Act I's Basilica di Sant'Andrea della Valle basks in musty pastel colours and warm light”
Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 28 June 2015
Puccini, Tosca
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Donato Renzetti, Conductor
Alessandro Talevi, Director
Adolf Hohenstein, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Virginia Tola, Floria Tosca
Aquiles Machado, Mario Cavaradossi
Claudio Sgura, Baron Scarpia
Saverio Fiore, Spoletta
William Corrò, Cesare Angelotti
Domenico Colaianni, Sacristan
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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