Puccini: Tosca

Álvarez is an old hand at curdling the blood, and Cavaradossi’s torture is repellent…[Babajanyan's] plaintive lyric voice is appealing but she rarely unleashes her stage tigress even when she... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Picture and Sound) More…

Release Date: 22nd Oct 2021
Catalogue No: 759108
Label: C Major

Puccini: Tosca

Karine Babajanyan (Tosca), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Carlos Álvarez (baritone), Wiener Staatsoper (opera company), Margarethe Wallmann
Marco Armiliato

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Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca becomes a musical highlight with two much acclaimed role debuts of star singers Piotr Beczała and Carlos Álvarez at the Vienna State Opera in the revived, historic staging of Margarethe Wallmann. Beczała is undoubtely “one of the extraordinary singers of our time” (Der Standard), at his side is Armenian soprano Karine Babajanyan as Primadonna Floria Tosca, making her house debut in Vienna. Marco Armiliato conducts the brilliantly playing Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper with love for detail and full of energy.

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February 2022

Álvarez is an old hand at curdling the blood, and Cavaradossi’s torture is repellent…[Babajanyan's] plaintive lyric voice is appealing but she rarely unleashes her stage tigress even when she all but butchers Scarpia…Beczala may not be a lyric Italian tenor but he knows how to tug at the heartstrings.

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