Melody Moore, Stefan Pop, Lester Lynch, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Carlo Montanaro
Release Date: 17 November 2023
Label: Pentatone Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8717306260558
Composer/Series: Puccini
Description
The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and conductor Carlo Montanaro present a powerful interpretation of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, together with a cast of soloists including Melody Moore (Tosca), Stefan Pop (Cavaradossi) and Lester Lynch (Scarpia). Tosca has been an audience favourite from the onset. Premiered in 1900, it marks the beginning of twentieth-century opera, in which sex, violence and the uncanny abysses of the human psyche would be explored, inspiring composers to expand the musical means of expression in all thinkable ways. Until today, Tosca has lost little of its expressive power, and Puccini's intricate score deserves to be taken seriously. Its symphonic qualities are fully brought out by the inspired playing of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, led by the seasoned Carlo Montanaro. Melody Moore, Stefan Pop and Lester Lynch bring this passionate, electrifying score to life with performances of dazzling power.
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