Kristine Opolais; Jonathan Tetelman; Gabor Bretz; Rafal Pawnuk; Arnold Schoenberg Chor; ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien; Martin Kusej; Marc Albrecht - Giacomo Puccini: Tosca - 809608

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

Kristine Opolais; Jonathan Tetelman; Gabor Bretz; Rafal Pawnuk; Arnold Schoenberg Chor; ORF Radio-S

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Release Date: 27 October 2023

Label: Unitel Edition

Packaging Type: DVD Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 810116910069

Genres: Classical Opera

Composer/Series: Giacomo Puccini

Release Date: 27 October 2023

Label: Unitel Edition

Packaging Type: Blu-Ray Packaging

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 810116910076

Genres: Classical Opera

Composer/Series: Giacomo Puccini

Description
It is impossible to imagine today's opera repertoire without Puccini's Tosca, but rarely has an opera been so brutal: Murder, torture and love, jealousy and passion - everything is present in abundance. When it was written in 1900, this thriller set to music caused considerable controversy due to the political figureheads involved. Only much later the story about the deeply religious Tosca, the passionate Cavaradossi and the sadistic Scarpia was interpreted as the psychological drama it was meant to be. The drama on stage is accompanied from the orchestra pit by Marc Albrecht conducting the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra by pointed sketches of the characters, but also - as typical for Puccini - by lyrical turns and beautiful melodies that make this opera shocker unique. "Marc Albrecht, with a fabulously disposed ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, [...] - a masterly achievement." (Opernwelt). Next to Kristine Opolais, "a great, highly dramatic singing actress whose interpretation gets under the skin" (Kurier), sings the discovery of the evening, "the young tenor Jonathan Tetelman stems Caravadossi with juvenile power and tenoral beam that almost bursts the dimensions of the house." (Opernwelt).

Description
It is impossible to imagine today's opera repertoire without Puccini's Tosca, but rarely has an opera been so brutal: Murder, torture and love, jealousy and passion - everything is present in abundance. When it was written in 1900, this thriller set to music caused considerable controversy due to the political figureheads involved. Only much later the story about the deeply religious Tosca, the passionate Cavaradossi and the sadistic Scarpia was interpreted as the psychological drama it was meant to be. The drama on stage is accompanied from the orchestra pit by Marc Albrecht conducting the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra by pointed sketches of the characters, but also - as typical for Puccini - by lyrical turns and beautiful melodies that make this opera shocker unique. "Marc Albrecht, with a fabulously disposed ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, [...] - a masterly achievement." (Opernwelt). Next to Kristine Opolais, "a great, highly dramatic singing actress whose interpretation gets under the skin" (Kurier), sings the discovery of the evening, "the young tenor Jonathan Tetelman stems Caravadossi with juvenile power and tenoral beam that almost bursts the dimensions of the house." (Opernwelt).