... with Hui He as Tosca (excellent, but needs a staged performance to judge her as an actress), Walter Fracarro as Cavaradossi (big, powerful voice, good high notes, but needed much more sensitivity) and George Gadzigne as Scarpia (superb - brutal, calculating, and based on a real police chief in Gadzigne's native Georgia). Lorin Maazel conducting. Interesting to hear with the orchestra on stage, brought out a lot of things I didn't notice, especially with the cantata and the "dance band" fully audible.
More later.
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