Tosca review — a striking lead but this staging lacks va-va-voom
Royal Opera House
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Royal Opera House
Even with its scenes of torture, sexual extortion, execution and suicide, this thirteenth revival of Jonathan Kent’s take on Tosca digs deep into the romantic story at its heart.
The Lithuanian singer is a superb actor but was not on her best form vocally here. She is strongly supported by Marcelo Puente and Gabriele Viviani and terrific conducting from Karen Kamensek<br>
Despite the theater industry's financial challenges, there was plenty of great productions in the region this past year
The same scenario is playing out nationwide for both theater and opera companies now facing shutdowns, season cancellation, layoffs and shrinking audiences