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Tosca aeterna: Anna Netrebko commands attention in Vienna

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“the dramatic momentum of her voluptuous voice was irresistible”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 13 December 2020
Puccini, Tosca
Vienna State Opera
Bertrand de Billy, Conductor
Margarethe Wallmann, Director
Nicola Benois, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Oper Children's Choir
Anna Netrebko, Floria Tosca
Yusif Eyvazov, Mario Cavaradossi
Wolfgang Koch, Baron Scarpia
Andrea Giovannini, Spoletta
Mikhail Kazakov, A Jailer
Evgeny Solodovnikov, Cesare Angelotti
Wolfgang Bankl, Sacristan
Attila Mókus, Sciarrone
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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