Set in 1970s Italy as exposited in the opening recorded monologue, Tonya and Ryan McKinny’s concept for this modern Tosca was a daring choice that, in short, paid off big time. The opera opened with a film of Cesare Angelotti, played by Cumhur Görgün, running down a hallway to escape the authorities. Görgün, an equally fantastic bass whether singing Puccini or Rossini, was almost unrecognizable from his turn as Alidoro in La Cenerentola earlier …
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