The week in classical: Tosca; Gloriana review – made in Britain
The sensational Freddie De Tommaso soars alongside Natalya Romaniw in a catch-it-while-you-can Tosca
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The sensational Freddie De Tommaso soars alongside Natalya Romaniw in a catch-it-while-you-can Tosca
With Freddie De Tommaso, Natalya Romaniw and Erwin Schrott in the lead roles this revival of Jonathan Kent’s sure-footed staging of Puccini’s opera is in very good hands
LIBBY PURVES: Clint Dyer, the first black director to do a major production of the play at the National, hints that his Othello has some innate dangerousness, alien even to his fellow soldiers.
Recordings of works by Julius Eastman and William Grant Still, as well as a new “La Traviata,” are among the highlights.
Atmospheric but ambiguous production, given extra weight by cast of rich voices. Opera review by Gavin Dixon