in Opera Now (Dec, 2014)
Robert Carsen’s production of Tosca for Zurich has one good idea and then gets rather stuck within its own self-imposed parameters. ‘Tosca as diva’ is the be-all and end-all: the action takes place onstage, with another proscenium at the back of the set, so everything the heroine does is obviously performed, right through to her final bow. That’s fine until the drama becomes real or intimate, at which point there’s the basic question of what is fantasy and what’s not. Perhaps that’s the point, but it seems a concept that is ultimately constricting. Paolo Carignani’s often ponderous conducting doesn’t add much to the proceedings, and Thomas Hampson’s Scarpia is coolly brutal; …
Puccini: Tosca – Magee / Kaufmann / Hampson / Carignani
Tosca (Original Version)
Opening Credits – Introduction (Act 1)
“Ah! Finalmente!” (Act 1)
“E sempre lava” (Act 1)
“Dammi i colori!” – “Recondita armonia” (Act 1)
“Gente là dentro!” (Act 1)
“Mario, Mario, Mario” / “Son qui” (Act 1)
“Non la sospiri la nostra casetta” (Act 1)
“E buona la mia Tosca” – “Siam soli?” (Act 1)
“Sommo giubilo, Eccelenza!” (Act 1)
“Un tal baccano in chiesa! Bel rispetto!” (Act 1)
“Or tutto è chiaro…” – “Mario?! Mario?!” (Act 1)
“Tre sbirri… Una carozza… Presto” – Te Deum (Act 1)
Tosca e un buon falco!…Ha piu forte sapore la conquista violenta (Act 2)
O galantuomo, come andò la caccia? (Act 2)
Dov’è Angelotti? (Act 2)
“Ed or fra noi parliam da buoni amici” (Act 2)
“Orsù, Tosca, parlate.” – “Mario, consenti ch’io parli?” (Act 2)
Floria…Amore…Eccellenza, quali nuove! (Act 2)
Vittoria! Vittoria! (Act 2)
“Quanto?…Già. Mi dicon venal” (Act 2)
“Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore” (Act 2)
“Vedi, le man giunte” (Act 2)
“Io tenni la promessa…” – “E qual via scegliete?” – “Tosca, finalmente mia!” (Act 2)
“Io de? sospiri” (Act 3)
“Mario Cavaradossi?” – “A voi” (Act 3)
“E lucevan le stelle” (Act 3)
“Franchigia a Floria Tosca” (Act 3)
“O dolci mani” (Act 3)
“Senti… l’ora è vicina” (Act 3)
“L’ora!” – “Son pronto” (Act 3)
“Presto, su! Mario!” (Act 3)
Closing Credits (Act 3)
Magee / Kaufmann / Hampson / Carignani, Paolo
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