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Tosca
Puccini's famous "shabby little shocker" - an opera about an opera singer - in the new English National Opera production by director David McVicar. Cheryl Barker stars as the prima donna with the firebrand artist lover. Presented by Christopher Cook.
English National Opera Orchestra, conductor Mark Shanahan Actl
7.15 Twenty Minutes: Translating Opera Erica Jeal looks at the art of translating opera.
7.35 Act 2
8.15 Twenty Minutes: Close Encounters Poet Ruth Padel explores the sex war as seen by Puccini and his librettists in Tosca.
8.35 Act 3

Contributors

Director:
David McVicar.
Director:
Cheryl Barker
Presented By:
Christopher Cook.
Conductor:
Mark Shanahan
Unknown:
Erica Jeal
Unknown:
Ruth Padel
Florio Tosca:
Cheryl Barker (soprano)
Mario Cavaradossi:
John Hudson (tenor)
Baron Scarpia:
Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone)
Cesare Angelotti:
Nicholas Garrett (bass)
Sacristan:
Jonathan Veira(bass)
Sciarrone:
Toby Stafford-Allen (baritone)
Gaoler:
Gerard O'Connor (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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