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Steel and sparks: Stikhina, Tézier and Tetelman outstanding in Wallmann’s classic Vienna Tosca

Elena Stikhina (Tosca) and Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi)
© Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia) and Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi)
© Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi) and Elena Stikhina (Tosca)
© Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia) and Elena Stikhina (Tosca)
© Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi)
© Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
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“the whiff of cordite hangs in the air”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 20 September 2025
Puccini, Tosca
Vienna State Opera
Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor
Margarethe Wallmann, Director
Nicola Benois, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Elena Stikhina, Floria Tosca
Jonathan Tetelman, Mario Cavaradossi
Ludovic Tézier, Baron Scarpia
Jusung Gabriel Park, Cesare Angelotti
Devin Eatmon, Spoletta
Hans Peter Kammerer, Sciarrone
Wolfgang Bankl, Sacristan
Dan Paul Dumitrescu, A Jailer
Helena Paeschke, Shepherd Boy
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