The Audience Reacts to Tosca
Thursday, 14 July, 2022
Critic and audience reactions to Puccini's Tosca.
Puccini's Tosca runs from 11-17 July at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin.
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“Central to this production is Sinéad Campbell Wallace’s sensational singing as the title character” - GoldenPlec ★ ★ ★ ★
Read the full review from The GoldenPlec here.
“Bass-baritone Tómas Tómasson's superb Scarpia steals the show (...) he commands the stage with sinister authority (...) a villain you hate to love, because his resonant singing is impossible not to be seduced by” - The Arts Review - Chris O'Rourke ★ ★ ★ ★
“Gieleta’s direction … is a masterclass in staging. Under his attentive eye every action, note and syllable contributes to Tosca’s overriding success” - The Arts Review - Chris O'Rourke ★ ★ ★ ★
Read the full review from The Arts Review here.
“Credit here belongs to the conductor Nil Venditti, the Irish National Opera Orchestra and the trio of singers depicting the triangle of characters at the heart of the story and of the music” - The Irish Times - Michael Dungan
“... in Tosca’s most famous aria, Vissi d’arte, in which voice, emotion and humanity all come together with great power.” - The Irish Times - Michael Dungan
Read the full review from The Irish Times here.