Tosca review – gloriously sung and full of grand passion, this is gripping theatre

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Tosca review – gloriously sung and full of grand passion, this is gripping theatre

Coliseum, LondonChristof Loy’s atmospheric staging of Puccini’s opera doesn’t always cohere, but its psychological probing proves powerful and Adam Smith is a tremendous CavaradossiEnglish National Opera opens its season with Puccini’s Tosca, in a staging by Christof Loy, new to London, but first performed by the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki in 2018. Conducted by Leo Hussain, it’s a compelling, albeit idiosyncratic piece of theatre. Loy, a…