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Tosca from the Met

27/01/2018

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Tosca from the Met

Tonight's opera from the Met is Puccini's Tosca with Sonya Yoncheva and Vittorio Grigolo.

In Puccini's Tosca, Sonya Yoncheva and Vittorio Grigolo sing the doomed lovers Tosca and Cavaradossi. Emmanuel Villaume conducts.

Tonight's opera from the Met is Puccini's verismo opera Tosca, which tells the tale of the love between Tosca and Cavaradossi pitted against the plotting of the evil chief of police, Baron Scarpia. A top cast includes Sonya Yoncheva as Tosca and Vittorio Grigolo as her doomed lover Cavaradossi. Emmanuel Villaume conducts.

Tosca ..... Sonya Yoncheva (soprano)
Cavaradossi ..... Vittorio Grigolo (tenor)
Scarpia ..... Željko Lučić (baritone)
Sacristan ..... Patrick Carfizzi (bass-baritone)
Angelotti ..... Christian Zaremba (bass)
Spoletta ..... Brenton Ryan (tenor)
Sciarrone ..... Christopher Job (bass-baritone)
A Jailer ..... Richard Bernstein (bass)
A Shepherd Boy ..... Davida Dayle (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume (conductor).

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